Caught on camera, violent arrest triggers protests in Texas

[Judi Lynn]

Caught on camera, violent arrest triggers protests in Texas

Facebook Live video shows an officer roughly arresting mother and daughter who called him for help.

Alan Pyke
29 mins ago·5 min read

Police leadership in Fort Worth, TX, are under pressure to fire a white officer who violently arrested a black woman moments after she sought police help with a neighbor who she said choked her 7-year-old son.

Video of the ugly incident, which reportedly took place on December 21, shows the mother and several young relations speaking with a dispatcher and waiting for officers to arrive, then explaining things to an Officer Martin.

Martin’s response was to ask the woman, 46-year-old Jacqueline Craig, “Why don’t you teach your son not to litter?” In the video, she bristles in response and points out that even if he did litter that’s no justification for assault. “Why not?” the cop retorts. Craig, standing still, reiterates her point. Martin asks why she’s yelling, and she says his questions “pissed me off.”

“If you keep yelling at me you’re gonna piss me off and I’m gonna take you to jail,” Martin says. One of Craig’s daughters steps in between the two.

More:
https://thinkprogress.org/caught-on-camera-violent-arrest-triggers-protests-in-texas-281c35cee4bb#.s4gr44wh2

[Gothmog]

1. It is tough living in Texas as times

[heaven05]

2. it's tough living

as a minority PoC ALL THE TIME, in Texas and the rest of this racist nation.

[Aristus]

3. Protesting what? That it wasn't violent enough?

Because Texas...

[Rex]

4. Sadly that could be any Texas town.

Cops think they are God and can just arrest someone, based on how the cop feels about the person. NOT if an actual crime was comitted.

What an asshole. Martin needs to find another job, being a cop is to tough for his thin skinned ass.