School resource officer body slams 11 year old child in Ft. Pierce, Florida On concrete sidewalk.

[Demovictory9]

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[GReedDiamond]

1. Somebody please tell me this cop has been arrested for...

...assault on a child and more. That's a fuckin psycho-cop right there, the "sheriff" is full of shit.

[dewsgirl]

7. I live in the next town. Nope nothing yet. Ken Mascara (the sheriff) is a joke.

[GReedDiamond]

8. Sheriff Mascara? A joke indeed...

...I hope that the victim's parents sue the fuck outta everybody/thing possible.

[dewsgirl]

22. I do too. But the corruption across the country is exploding under Trump. The sherriff is

supposed to be a democrat. This isn't the only incident, I can't remember one this bad though.

[Sunsky]

18. I've voted for Mascara

When I used to live in PSL. I know he's a Democrat, but it seems like there need to be a new sheriff in town.

[dewsgirl]

21. He seems to have been the sherriff forever. I live in Vero, I remember the billboards on US 1

In Ft.Pierce. That had to be like 20 yrs ago? Ft.Pierce has improved in some areas, in others it is worse.

[hibbing]

2. Wtfh?

God, I'm sick after watching that.

Peace

[mr_lebowski]

3. Now, let's wait until we have the whole story, people ...

This 11 y.o. thug may have, before this clip, have been 'mouthing off', or perhaps even going so far as to 'sass' ... someone in authority.

We really have no way of knowing ...

[bahrbearian]

20. I think it was worse than "mouthing off" . I think he may have turned his back to the officer

and walked away, thats pretty hurtful. I hope the office recovers.

[sheshe2]

4. From the comments.

America. Where you don't know if your kid will come home from school in a bus or a box.

[NBachers]

5. Right under the 'Murikan Flag!

[RockRaven]

6. Maybe I'm woefully unaware of the weight & strength of kids & school cops respectively, but can't

the average 11 year old just be picked up entirely and thereby immobilized by the average school cop? Where does the body-slam-necessity come into the equation?

[Mariana]

19. In the vid, we see that the cop did pick up the 11 year old entirely.

The headline might make you think the cop simply knocked the kid down, but he did not. He picked him up entirely, and then threw him down hard onto the pavement.

[Karadeniz]

9. Some people never think about the long-term consequences of their violence.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. "Stop!! So I can protect and serve the living shit out of you "

[Lucky Luciano]

11. Holy crap. Looks like an obvious assault by the thug (cop). nt

[DRoseDARs]

12. I'll never understand how people like this, without fail, escape the murderous rage of an angry mob.

Once in a while, token justice is served, but mostly those that get off scotfree truly escape without ever facing any kind of mortal consequence.

[CharleyDog]

13. The Sheriff says this is not excessive force, yet we can all see that it IS. And what does the

child's lawyer say? What will the jury say? I hope the family gets millions so they retrain their goon squad.

[safeinOhio]

14. Civil case lawyers are our only hope.

Mention the Constitution and its protections and every cop around will role his or her eyes. Charge a cop and they will literally scream about their rights.

When the Dept. has to pay and break the budget, the asshole sheriff will be back to being a rent-a-cop at the mall. We get to elect the sheriffs and the mayors that hire the chief of police.

VOTE, VOTE and keep VOTING/

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Don't Know What Precipitated That, But...

...surely there was a less aggressive means to take that kid down.
Sure seemed excessive to me!

[PatSeg]

16. My whole body just went numb watching that

How on earth does a grown man justify that? And how can the sheriff let it go?

It seems I ask those sort of questions far too often lately.

[HAB911]

17. As soon as SROs have guns

they can save time and risk of harm by just shooting them

Just in case:

[rockfordfile]

23. That cop should be fired and then locked up

[Norbert]

24. I hope the kid wasn't eating Skittles

This animal should not not be allowed within 1000 feet of a school or playground.