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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]pangaia
(24,324 posts)35. Fucking shit, man....
And you know damn well, if the other guy there and done ANYTHING except back off he would now be dead.
Those cops should be slammed against a wall and maced..
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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