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In reply to the discussion: DISTURBING. RAW. Police bodycam shows police pepper-spraying 15yo girl following a bicycle accident [View all]rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)12. I worked in Hagerstown. It was not a place that liked black people.
But that was my experience working around white people. It is west of Frederick, which was a more tolerant place, and south from there...the commute is to DC.
As for the video, those police suck. A family friend, a Polynesian, worked for Hagerstown police for years. He is now a teacher. I don't know the reason he left. I would like to know his take on the video.
Now in America, the thing to do is pepper spray a 15 y/o girl for her own safety. She was already in the cruiser. It's like...I'll show her...squirt...squirt...squirt.
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DISTURBING. RAW. Police bodycam shows police pepper-spraying 15yo girl following a bicycle accident [View all]
yuiyoshida
Sep 2016
OP
This was an open and shut case of what we used to call "police brutality".
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2016
#17
She ran a red light and hit a car. The police were so worried about her they had to wrestle (LINK)
uppityperson
Sep 2016
#9
Stupid handling by cops, but she should be detained and sent to medical facility for evaluation
pediatricmedic
Sep 2016
#15
Really? If this was your daughter? She was handcuffed and pepper sprayed for being black.
FailureToCommunicate
Sep 2016
#23
"There was no gratuitous use of force here." Okay, you must have seen a different video.
FailureToCommunicate
Sep 2016
#27
The problem is that instead of taking her to a medical facility, the took her to the PD and detained
appleannie1
Sep 2016
#29