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(21,639 posts) Sun Oct 21, 2018, 09:06 AM Oct 2018

Florida officer strikes 14-year-old as he tries to arrest her [View all]

Source: CNN

A viral video of a police officer hitting a 14-year-old girl during an arrest has caused outrage in a Florida community.

The video -- posted to Instagram on Friday -- shows a girl being held down by two officers, one man and one woman. The male officer hits the girl in the side twice as he holds her shorts.

"Why you hitting her?" someone in the video yells. "She can't do that, her hands underneath her, the f*** you hitting her for?"

The police department in Coral Springs, about 29 miles northeast of Fort Lauderdale, said in a statement on Facebook on Friday that the video does not show the entire incident that led to the arrest.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-officer-strikes-14-year-old-as-he-tries-to-arrest-her/ar-BBOEOWN

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Florida officer strikes 14-year-old as he tries to arrest her [View all] sandensea Oct 2018 OP

He seems to be deliberately hitting her in Brainstormy Oct 2018 #1

Such a surprise. White cops, black teenager. marble falls Oct 2018 #2

I don't know about this one janterry Oct 2018 #3

White cops consider black children to be animals. nt BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #8

Tamir Rice atreides1 Oct 2018 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter Oct 2018 #10

I've done a lot of physical management over the years janterry Oct 2018 #11

Very simple safeinOhio Oct 2018 #26

To protect and serve! No downside to them, they seldom get punished. nt USALiberal Oct 2018 #4

typical fucking racist cops gopiscrap Oct 2018 #5

Pigs are violent authoritarian bullies. snort Oct 2018 #6

I can't imagine any scenario where they "need" to punch a 14 year old in the kidneys. nt chowder66 Oct 2018 #7

Nice to know the Coral Springs PD will be paying for this young woman's college education Vinca Oct 2018 #12

I can't blame the cop Cold War Spook Oct 2018 #13

thank you judge judy Sunlei Oct 2018 #15

I'm sorry, but I am the one not deciding on guilt. Cold War Spook Oct 2018 #17

officer wears a camera-if punching a handcuffed girl with 2 men on her back isn't enough. Sunlei Oct 2018 #19

She was handcuffed? janterry Oct 2018 #20

maybe not I glanced at the pic of the neighborhood child faceplanted on the ground Sunlei Oct 2018 #21

She was not cuffed. ManiacJoe Oct 2018 #25

20 years ago it was rare to see police "ground crush" everyone- now everyones hurt. Sunlei Oct 2018 #14

Why should it matter what happened before the video? LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #16

She is not subdued. Cold War Spook Oct 2018 #18

Not worth debating you. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #28

is it so hard to filter out sociopaths & racists from the police force? yurbud Oct 2018 #22

THE COPS ARE PAID TO SERVE AND PROTECT ROB-ROX Oct 2018 #23

FL officer caught on camera punching 14-year-old girl Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #24

My guess is that you are not seeing the video leading up to it safeinOhio Oct 2018 #27

They went after her because she was challenging them verbally Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2018 #29

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #30

A Florida officer punched a 14-year-old girl. That type of violence is not uncommon. Judi Lynn Oct 2018 #31

Sad; but true. sandensea Oct 2018 #32