NYPD Plainclothes Officer Punches Boy, 12

[meshaliuknits]

[downtoearth]

OMG - that is terrible, but that woman on the bike is awesome. I love that she yells that she's a lawyer and that "this is not a war, it's a 12 year old kid!"

[elleblue]

GODDAMMIT!

[penguingrrl]

That's horrible. Poor kid .

[pixy0stix]

Those weren't even the right kids?

What the everloving fuck. What in the fuck. Fuck.

[thejackpot]

Sick. Just sick.

[blink]

I just, what the fuck was that? This is the kind of behavior that gets justified when people say that young black boys and girls just need to stop resisting and alter their outward perceptions. Fuck that.

[IIOY]

That was enraging to watch.

[vanlatte]

Twelve years old and not even the right kids. It's a goddamn miracle they weren't shot on the spot. Fuck.

[IIOY]

Per Reuters, this officer has been suspended pending investigation.

[secretlyevil]

I'm done with the world.

[WOT?*]

And why is the video taken down for a copyright infringement? This is pure unadulterated bullshit.

[NewOrleans]

Dec 21, 2014 13:15:57 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

And why is the video taken down for a copyright infringement? This is pure unadulterated bullshit.

Maybe she sold it to news who own it now?

[WOT?*]

At least it's viewable elsewhere.

[ttt]

Dec 21, 2014 13:15:57 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

And why is the video taken down for a copyright infringement? This is pure unadulterated bullshit.

It was taken down because the woman who took the video wants people to view it only on her channel. 

[NewOrleans]

Dec 21, 2014 13:25:10 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

At least it's viewable elsewhere.

Yes, I watched it here just now.  m.youtube.com/watch?v=29axV8Szzp8

Those people went in on them, too.  Told him to stop, told them if they want to act like that they should go to war because this is not a war. And I'm only like 2 minutes in.  

Arresting that kid was unacceptable for the others. Punching him should end that man's police career as well as put him in jail for battery.

[ttt]

Have any of the people in the video been identified? The officers or the kids?

ETA: never mind: www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/20/nypd-officer-videoed-punching-a-teenager-is-suspended/ 

The kid was actually 16. Still, there is absolutely no justification for that. He should be fired. 

[ttt]

newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/19/video-of-violent-confrontation-between-police-teenage-boy-posted-online/

So it was the right kids, and they broke someone's jaw. Still doesn't excuse the officer's actions, but they weren't exactly innocent bystanders.

[NewOrleans]

Dec 21, 2014 13:41:07 GMT -5 ttt said:

newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/19/video-of-violent-confrontation-between-police-teenage-boy-posted-online/

So it was the right kids, and they broke someone's jaw. Still doesn't excuse the officer's actions, but they weren't exactly innocent bystanders.

This says the charges against the kids were dropped.  So it does not appear to be the right kids.  
www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/20/nypd-officer-videoed-punching-a-teenager-is-suspended/

[ttt]

Dec 21, 2014 13:51:18 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

Dec 21, 2014 13:41:07 GMT -5 ttt said:

newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/19/video-of-violent-confrontation-between-police-teenage-boy-posted-online/

So it was the right kids, and they broke someone's jaw. Still doesn't excuse the officer's actions, but they weren't exactly innocent bystanders.

This says the charges against the kids were dropped.  So it does not appear to be the right kids.  
www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/20/nypd-officer-videoed-punching-a-teenager-is-suspended/

You're right, the charges were dropped, although it's unclear why, if they were the wrong kids or if there wasn't enough evidence. It does appear that they knew the victim. nypost.com/2014/12/19/nypd-suspends-cop-caught-punching-teen-during-arrest/ 


At any rate, all that is beside the point and that cop should be fired. Unacceptable.