The Police Brutality Thread

[wuapinmon]

Looks cherry picked. What happened before? Why was a cop summoned? Why did the student not comply?

She was being disruptive, was asked to leave, and wouldn't. There is no way this level of force is justified.

[cougjunkie]

A 15 second clip is not enough to pass judgement. He is trying to remove her from her desk which as I am sure you know, are difficult to get out of.

[il Padrino Ute]

She was being disruptive, was asked to leave, and wouldn't. There is no way this level of force is justified.

Do you know the entire story behind this to make such a definitive statement?

[wuapinmon]

http://www.wistv.com/story/30353999/...source-officer

And, no child should be literally tossed across a room for being disruptive. There is no reason why a cop should body slam her backwards and then heave her so far he has to have to step a ways to get on top of her. He should ask the class to go to the gym and then they talk to her and tell her to get out of the desk. Then, they call her parents. Then, she gets expelled and alternative school for being a little shit. This, on a child, is barbaric.

A second viewpoint: http://www.wistv.com/clip/11950851/r...valley-student

[old_gregg]

http://www.wistv.com/story/30353999/...source-officer

And, no child should be literally tossed across a room for being disruptive. There is no reason why a cop should body slam her backwards and then heave her so far he has to have to step a ways to get on top of her. He should ask the class to go to the gym and then they talk to her and tell her to get out of the desk. Then, they call her parents. Then, she gets expelled and alternative school for being a little shit. This, on a child, is barbaric.

A second viewpoint: http://www.wistv.com/clip/11950851/r...valley-student

you're right, they should have just said please and this situation would have been avoided

[wuapinmon]

you're right, they should have just said please and this situation would have been avoided

Clearly the alternative is to throw a child across a room when she misbehaves at school.

[old_gregg]

Clearly the alternative is to throw a child across a room when she misbehaves at school.

would any use of force have been justified in this circumstance?

[Shaka]

Clearly the alternative is to throw a child across a room when she misbehaves at school.

Why not? That's what my dad did.

[wuapinmon]

would any use of force have been justified in this circumstance?

On a child, no. Someone could've gotten that child to leave that room; that our goto is violence, towards a child, is wrong.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I wonder if/when the Zangief Street Fighter parody edit will come out.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Wuap chose the cherry-picked video. There's a longer video showing the officer calmly asking her, more than once, to come with him. She refused. He then comes over to get her out of the desk and she immediately starts flailing around. Likely, it was the momentum from her total overreaction which caused her to fall backward.

It's hard to make out what caused the officer to throw her a few feet. She was probably still flailing around so the officer had to use force to separate her from the desk to a space where he could cuff her.

[Shaka]

My view is if the kid will not comply with the order then the cop ought to be able to remove them.

[old_gregg]

On a child, no. Someone could've gotten that child to leave that room; that our goto is violence, towards a child, is wrong.

what is a child?

[Pelado]

what is a child?

A young person.

[Green Monstah]

The cop in this video is a friend of mine and is a good dude. Had the kid not started cursing loudly, he probably would have been fine. Had the kid not started kicking my buddy when he was being removed from the Segway, he probably would have gotten an earful and nothing more. I think we can all be happy that the kid's brother/constitutional lawyer is present.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xofhoxK7F5I