16 year old youth beaten by police

[twist]

Originally posted by JediXAngel

"Family members said Donovan -- who attends special education classes -- has a hearing problem and a speech impediment and is sometimes slow to react, but that he would have been unlikely to provoke police. "

1. hearing problem

2. Speech impediment

3. slow to react

Not your average boy, he may not be 100% retard/stupid, but we do call people slow retarded sometimes, don't we?

last time i checked cops don't read minds, they couldn't of know that, probably thought he was high. most likely the kid was confused and scared, they misinterprupted his actions.

[threetonesun]

Originally posted by nagaina

Regardless the outcome of the case, you can rest assured this much will be true......there is going to be another negative mark against the White population of that city, and more than likely the entire US.

Not only will your tax dollars provide this guy with an 'instant lotto' type settlement, but every time he sees one of us 'WhiteDevils', you know he'll be thinking he got the best of us and our juducial system.

Now maybe the coloured community will riot and repeat the animal-like behaviour that occured during the Rodney King incident. Remember that ? .... They destroyed their own neighbourhoods, and what did we do .... we built them a new one from scratch. Way to go guys !!!

And in closing I say this.... God Bless the USI and congratulations on another great piece of media trash!

I see people in here talk of peace and getting along .... this will NEVER happen until we abolish the biggest emeny of all .... The ZOG and JudenMedia.

Enough 'said.

nagaina

Right...because word of mouth would be so much better. I really don't see how this story is being reported one way or another...it's just being reported. All the talk of racism is coming up from the people involved. If it's true, than it's their fault, if it's not true, than it's the people who are lying's fault. Along your lines we'd just be better off getting rid of ignorant people who can't interpret information...which is what the news media usually provides us.

[threetonesun]

Originally posted by JediXAngel

"Family members said Donovan -- who attends special education classes -- has a hearing problem and a speech impediment and is sometimes slow to react, but that he would have been unlikely to provoke police. "

1. hearing problem

2. Speech impediment

3. slow to react

Not your average boy, he may not be 100% retard/stupid, but we do call people slow retarded sometimes, don't we?

1. hearing problem -- Doesn't listen

2. Speech impediment -- Swears a lot.

3. Slow to react -- Lazy.

Not that I'm saying this is true, but it is another way of looking at it. Remeber, family members said this. Or else, yeah, he could be slow, but usually people aren't quick to label someone "retarded" or "mentally challenged" these days.

[nagaina]

You had been warned. I find your racist remarks extremely distasteful and are inappropriate for our forums. User "Nagaina" is now banned

- Keldyn

[azazel-]

I was starting to wonder how long it would go before "retarted" would be corrected.

Not your average boy, he may not be 100% retard/stupid, but we do call people slow retarded sometimes, don't we?

Don't see how this is an issue. So, if a mentally handicapped (the correct phrase, not "retard/stupid") is on a street corner with a machine gun, people should just leave him/her alone, because their a "retard", right?

Maybe the cops should have administered an intelligence and aptitude test prior to interacting with the kid, so they'd know how to react to him when he lunged at them. Good call.

Cops aren't psychic, and it's easy to judge from the outside.

[ghostrider]

JediXAngel

I agree with you completely and I think you expressed you point of view very well.

People are attacking you because they can't defend what the cops did. They talk about race, but this is about bad cops who

got caught. Cops don't have a right to beat up criminals once the are in handcuffs.

[AvCtUeRcA]

I think its pathetic how some people judge cops/police based on a couple of cases... sure there exists 'crooked cops' all throughout the world just like criminals amass a huge population.

Law enforcement is needed and should be greatly appreciated because without them...this world would be alot worse :)

This case will work itself out... its too early to tell the whole story so why argue about it! the media always stirs up huge debates early.

Cant we all just get along?? :)

Take care everyone... and do have a great day!

[xWeston]

Originally posted by JediXAngel

Well, I am offended because I think a bunch of you are already madeup your mind the Cop is not a racist, even though he may or may not!

Second, I think myself being very intelligent, very intuitive, and I don't care what you think of me. It's very pitiful to me, that I am judged young/immature/naive just because you don't agree with me that this cop is obviously not a racist, whatever happened to respect?

Can't I have an opinion this cop may in fact may be a racist? Oh I can't? If I think that way, then I am an idiot?!

Please :right:

If you don't have respect for someone else have a different opinion than yours, please DON'T become a cop! I beg you!!! I want all cops to be fair-minded, and respect people's opinion, and not be ignorant about things!

Are you foreign? Your sentence structure does not look like it comes from a young person to me. It seems as though you might not have a grasp on how the syntax of written english works.

[xWeston]

Originally posted by ghostrider

People are attacking you because they can't defend what the cops did. They talk about race, but this is about bad cops who

got caught. Cops don't have a right to beat up criminals once the are in handcuffs.

he is lucky he didnt get shot.

[Deckhand]

its just a bunch of hype, it happens all the time, the kids prolly said somthing to **** him off, or did somthing.

no its not right, but you never know what the kid did... sure he will say nothing, but little smart ass punks should get a lesson every once and a while.

[Deckhand]

oh, i forgot he was in handcuffs, ouch...

still sucks. oh well, im hungry

[TimeRider]

If the kid attacked police officers I am completely with the officer for striking back.

No-No-No.

He must only use the minimum force required to take control of the subject. This isn't a street brawl. It's law enforcement and those who lack professionalism give all of us a bad name. Once that kid was handcuffed it was over . . . PERIOD.

There is no justification for striking a person in custody. I don't care what happened in the then miniutes prior to the incident. I don't even care that he manhandled him onto the trunk of his squad. This officer later punched a handcuffed person . . . a person in his custody. There is no justification for that. No rationale and no defense of it. This officer diminished law enforcement in ways than cannot be measured.

Police Officers MUST maintain a higher standard of conduct. I don't care if this kid called him every vile name there is. It doesn't matter if he threatened him, his family or anyone else for that matter. He was "In Custody." Ignore him, tune him out, put him in your squad, but DO NOT PUNCH HIM!

-TR

[Callaway]

Originally posted by JediXAngel

Young? I am Not ignorant!

no one is questioning your ability to formulate a sentence. rather perhaps the question was in regards to how naive you might be ;)

[Deckhand]

spit on him?

[intensityx]

Doesn't matter what the kid did or said...It was illegal as well as immoral for that cop to hit him like he did once he was handcuffed. There is no excuse for that kind of unprofessionalism by an officer of the law. Those of you that are quick to dismiss it better hope you don't have to deal with a jerk like that the next time you get pulled over for speeding.

[azazel-]

Originally posted by altezza

The police is just plain stupid.

Hi pot, meet kettle.

Some people's children, I swear.

[stevember]

Originally posted by Deckhand

but little smart ass punks should get a lesson every once and a while.

As immoral as it is I agree. I would like to see the 10mins of video before but as its worth a lot less showing a whole story it will never be found, how convenient. I wonder how much money was made with the tape?:(

[azazel-]

Originally posted by intensityx

Doesn't matter what the kid did or said...It was illegal as well as immoral for that cop to hit him like he did once he was handcuffed. There is no excuse for that kind of unprofessionalism by an officer of the law. Those of you that are quick to dismiss it better hope you don't have to deal with a jerk like that the next time you get pulled over for speeding.

Don't speed and you won't have to worry about it. :right:

[linsook]

i live in toronto and its not unheard of to many (teens/young adults) that cops do beat the arrested either out of frustration or to get information. can't really do anything about it. the only reason it doesn't get onto the media cause there never happens to be someone video taping the situation. that is why this has so much hype, cause there happened to be someone videotaping the sh!t, and i dont think race had anything to do with it.

[threetonesun]

Originally posted by azazel-

Don't speed and you won't have to worry about it. :right:

Don't bring up speeding...it's the biggest waste of the police force's time. Waiting around on radar probably bores cops so much they get the urge to punch hand-cuffed kids to take out the stress.

[azazel-]

Blah.

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Everything worth saying has been said. Nothing new is being discussed here. :ermm:

[Deckhand]

do the hustle, tututut tutu tututututu!

[TimeRider]

Don't bring up speeding...it's the biggest waste of the police force's time. Waiting around on radar probably bores cops so much they get the urge to punch hand-cuffed kids to take out the stress.

Actually nothing could be further from the truth. It is proven that increased traffic enforcenment lowers accident rates and can impact crime rates overall.

The visible nature of the traffic stop can provide a presence in a community that will act as a deterrent to other crimes. Sh**heads see cops around all the time and go elsewhere. Depending upon the demographics it works like a charm.

If our community has a run of daytime home burglaries for example, we will begin aggressive traffic enforcement in the area to drive the criminals to other areas. Somemtimes we even get lucky and catch the burglars in the process. I've seen it work firsthand.

-TR

[TDQuiksilver]

Originally posted by JediXAngel

And, how do you know for sure, the kid was being disrespectful and rude?

Seems like pre-judged to me :right:

NO. The Cop has no right to beat an Unarmed 'Retarded' Kid, especially after he was already cuffed. NOT WHATSOEVER!

How do you know that the kid wasn't disrespectful and rude? Because a bystanding "witness" or the media told you so?

And I would have to agree with Freeza.. cops have never been the first to be liked at all.. granted there are cops that can have an attitude, but you expect them to sing you a Teletubbies song when they pull you over for travelling 30 mph. over the speed limit, robbing a store, not showing up to court, and the thousands of other criminal acts? Like I said, you people have never seen anything outside of the show "Cops".. open your eyes, it happens.

[threetonesun]

I see your point TR, there are a lot of roads I know not to go fast on around my home. Mainly slow speed back roads because there will be cops there. And using a presence to stop burglaries makes sense too...but what about posting radar on main drags during rush hour? I can see stopping one or two idiots by doing it, but it hardly seems like it's a worth while use of an officer's time.

Maybe it's just where I drive. It seems kind of pointless to set up radar on 95 in CT when everyone is doing 80 mph in a 65...one guy might get pulled over, but usually people slow down for all of 10 seconds before they hit 80 again. The opposite happens when I'm driving up in Vermont...they'll pull over any car for doing 5 mph over the speed limit (so long as it's from out of state). That's not law enforcement, that's just disrupting the flow of traffic to make some money.