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Texas cops arrest 11-year-old honors student and put him in solitary confinement for three days (www.texasobserver.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world
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[–] 96 points 2 years ago (3 children)

ACAB

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  • [–] 86 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    “When the police officer had his body cam off, they were yelling and telling me, ‘We’re gonna go to the full extent. We’re gonna put you in a lockbox,’” Timothy said. “Then, when the body cam was finally on, they were so nice.”

    No shirt ! Wtf with a god damn kid the cop turned off his body cam!

    Grrrrrrrrrr

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have always wondered since the body cams came out and even the dash cams over why is it even legal for an officer to turn off the cams. Why would they even have the ability to turn them off. The cams were proclaimed to be for the civilians safety and to keep officers in check and professional.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    If I had it my way…

    Any cop who turned off their body camera would be fired immediately

    This is the only union I’m against, police unions; I’d fire them and have them arrested for obstruction of justice

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  • [–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    While true, this started with an insane school administrator.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    fuck em both but the admin didn’t put the kid in jail

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh, you know damn well she put the cops up to it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Sure, but the cop could have told her to kick rocks. Instead he arrested a child with the closest thing to no evidence there is. And made sure to bully him with the body cam off. The cop chose to be a bastard which is why this is a story.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    This is why I always tell people who say “reporting the _____ incident to the police isn’t going to get anyone hurt, it’s just going to get them help” that they are idiots. You have no way of knowing what the police are going to do in any situation. I don’t care if there’s a 99% chance of it going right (it’s much lower in reality). That isn’t a chance worth taking for something that can absolutely be resolved without police.

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