Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Police place 14 year old in choke hold after "dehumanizing stare"

Sometimes, if not always, in these cases the explanation is worse than the tort. Okay, so the kid has got a scratch on his back and the puppy's paw is hurt but both will recover but what kind of an adult perceives a 14 year old kid with a puppy in his arms as a threat that had to be neutralized? Would this be the proper reaction for a school teacher? Would this behavior be tolerated by the school board even if the teacher alleged he or she was given a "dehumanizing stare"? The kid was saying, "eat shit" and the cop knew it and he lost his temper. Police training has not kept pace with video technology so when a cop is caught assaulting a citizen on camera the offender and his supervisors strain both the publics patience and credulity with imbecile explanations.

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