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The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2021, 09:52 AM Feb 2021

The police just don't get it.

Police tell 9 year old you are acting like a child. She screams I am a child.
They pepper spray her. That will teach her.
The filthy cop gets out of the car and say "unbelievable". Yea it is unbelievable, that you pepper sprayed a CHILD.
How the fuck do we solve this on going stupidity by police.

This situation was a perfect example of why mental health experts need to be part of every police department. This CHILD was having a mental health crisis and the police made it way worse. I don't see how you can call yourself a human and not understand what that CHILD was going through.

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The police just don't get it. (Original Post) The Jungle 1 Feb 2021 OP

She was in cuffs, no danger to them. safeinOhio Feb 2021 #1

Who cuffs a nine year old? 33taw Feb 2021 #4

That is very true. Stand back and let her calm down. The Jungle 1 Feb 2021 #5

Last year a family in my town called the police for their emotionally-disturbed son Binkie The Clown Feb 2021 #2

I remember reading that. How sad. And how horrible. CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #3

I am guessing that was the Philadelphia case. The Jungle 1 Feb 2021 #6

Nope. Eugene/Springfield Oregon. And now that I think of it, it might have been 2 years ago. nt Binkie The Clown Feb 2021 #7

First, we call it for what it is. Child abuse WhiteTara Feb 2021 #8

We need to set up a system by which mental health experts will be available to assist police, and Nitram Feb 2021 #9

safeinOhio

(34,075 posts)

1. She was in cuffs, no danger to them.

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 09:53 AM

Feb 2021

They have anger issues.

33taw

(2,810 posts)

4. Who cuffs a nine year old?

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 10:07 AM

Feb 2021

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

5. That is very true. Stand back and let her calm down.

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 10:08 AM

Feb 2021

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

2. Last year a family in my town called the police for their emotionally-disturbed son

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 09:57 AM

Feb 2021

who was having a mental health crisis. They came to the house a shot him dead. Good police work, I suppose.

CurtEastPoint

(19,182 posts)

3. I remember reading that. How sad. And how horrible.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 10:04 AM

Feb 2021

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)

6. I am guessing that was the Philadelphia case.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 10:13 AM

Feb 2021

A gang of maybe 30 Philadelphia police recently broke every window in a car that had a young mother, a toddler and a teen in it. They drug the mother out of the car and beat her. Kidnapped her child. When she got the child back he had a large welt on his head. They beat the toddler.
She had done nothin wrong and no charges were ever filed. The biggest problem the police had is that someone was recording them.
I bet cops hate cameras.
Who knew that big brother watching would turn into us watching big brother.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

7. Nope. Eugene/Springfield Oregon. And now that I think of it, it might have been 2 years ago. nt

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 11:04 AM

Feb 2021

WhiteTara

(30,166 posts)

8. First, we call it for what it is. Child abuse

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 11:19 AM

Feb 2021

White supremacy
White Male Privilege
Racism
Torture
Cruelty
but it's not stupidity.

Nitram

(24,611 posts)

9. We need to set up a system by which mental health experts will be available to assist police, and

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 04:34 PM

Feb 2021

police will be trained to know when a mental health expert is needed. In addition, they need to develop some more appropriate restraint methods for children. Handcuffs are harsh, and could injure a child who is acting out. Just wrapping a blanket around a kid to immobilize their arms and legs would help a lot.

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