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noiretextatique

(27,275 posts)
Fri May 31, 2013, 06:47 PM May 2013

Watch those "dehumanizing stares," folks

apparently "dehumanizing stares" at police officers is now an offense that will get you taken down, choked, arrested...and charged with assualting a police officer. just when you think you've heard it all, but then again, any excuse will do. staring while black is apparently a crime too.

New cell phone footage shows Miami-Dade Police officers aggressively pinning an unarmed teen to the ground while choking him. His alleged crime: giving the officers “dehumanizing stares” and “clenching his fists.”

Fourteen-year-old Tremaine McMillan says he was feeding his puppy and playing on the beach with some friends when cops riding ATVs approached him and asked what he was doing. The “peacekeeping” officers say they saw McMillan roughhousing with another teenager, told him it was “unacceptable behavior,” and asked where his mother was. When McMillan walked away, they chased him on ATVs, jumped out, pinned him to the ground and arrested him. According to police reports, McMillan “attempted to pull his arm away, stating, ‘Man, don’t touch me like I did something.’” See footage of the incident, captured by McMillan’s mother:

McMillan says he obeyed orders, and was leading the officers towards his mother when they jumped him. The teen adds that he was holding and feeding his puppy at the time, who got injured during the encounter.

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/30/miami_olice_choke_and_tackle_black_teen_for_dehumanizing_stare/
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Watch those "dehumanizing stares," folks (Original Post) noiretextatique May 2013 OP
Hard to clench your fist when you're feeding a puppy with a bottle, yeah? I call bullpucky. PDJane May 2013 #1
police are legalized crime in far too many cases nt msongs May 2013 #2
I guess when we see an officer, we should just lay on the ground and put our hands behind our backs. bravenak May 2013 #3
You have no idea JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #5
C'mon now... jaysunb Jun 2013 #6
My brother was banned from the school bus for staring Downwinder May 2013 #4
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
3. I guess when we see an officer, we should just lay on the ground and put our hands behind our backs.
Fri May 31, 2013, 07:07 PM
May 2013

Save everybody some time and stress.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
6. C'mon now...
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 11:08 PM
Jun 2013

Why would anyone want to let those aggressive training tactics to go unsed ? Especially when it's against a kid....

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)
4. My brother was banned from the school bus for staring
Fri May 31, 2013, 07:07 PM
May 2013

at the driver in the mirror. The driver later turned out to be a pedophile. I never found out if my brother knew or if the driver just thought he knew.

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