DISTURBING. RAW. Police bodycam shows police pepper-spraying 15yo girl following a bicycle accident

[jberryhill]

11. A minor cannot refuse medical assistance

There were paramedics on the scene, since she had been knocked unconscious, and someone called 911. The driver of the car claims she had run a red light. The police were investigating the claimed incident.

A minor cannot refuse medical assistance. That decision has to be made by a parent or guardian. She wanted to leave.

So this devolved into an ego contest.

One could argue that the police would be liable if they let her refuse medical assistance, but concern for her well being does not seem consistent with their behavior, to put it mildly. She wanted to go home. A better course would have been to go with her, so that the circumstances could be sorted out with parental involvement. That, of course, would have inconvenienced the police.