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That's why I said "assuming everything the article says is true." What should the punishment be for...
-A police officer dragging said 14-year old by her hair and mounting her?
"No teenagers were arrested. One adult, who was not identified, was arrested for interfering in the police investigation, Conley said. No injuries were reported."
Sorry, I didn't see that. I saw a kid in a blue shirt who approached the officer from behind, which appeared (to me) to be an attempt to defend against what was unquestionably an excessive use of force against Becton. One can argue about whether he was justified in pulling his weapon or not (I don't think so), but that wasn't the point where the officer lost control, imo. That occurred when he pinned the girl down. The officer drawing the gun took the cake.
A party getting broken up by police officers is a rather mundane affair at the end of the day. It's not newsworthy. It only became newsworthy because a police officer was caught on video dragging a girl by her hair. The issue is more or less whether he was justified in doing so, not whether the kids throwing the party caused it all to happen, and more or less brought the situation upon themselves.
It was a police officer dragging a Black girl by the hair that made it another national race issue.
People were told to leave, and did anyone notice that she did walk away, the cop left her alone and somehow she ended back in the middle of things. Why did she come back. She was looking for trouble and she found it.
Now all we'll hear about the poor little black girl who by the way, refused to listen, who refused to lay down. Give me a break people.
I'm not sure why everyone is so focused on the party. When I was in high school, we had wild parties. We even had parties where, gasp, people smoked marijuana (and did much harder stuff than that, actually). Cops broke them up. At some of them, people were probably even arrested (for public urination or something like that). We were "wrong" but we were largely kids being kids. And if you think your kids aren't smoking pot (or having sex) behind your back, then I'd like to offer you the Most Naive Parent of the Century Award.
One thing I can't remember is a girl getting manhandled by a police officer. This is even after kids said all types of stuff to cops.
It was a police officer dragging a Black girl by the hair that made it another national race issue.
Her race only exarcebated it. It begs the question of whether a police officer would go into a middle to upper middle class neighborhood, grab a fistful of blonde hair, and drag a little white girl along the sidewalk like that. I doubt it, but if it happened, it would be just as appalling. It also makes you wonder if the comments here would be the same.
Her race only exarcebated it. It begs the question of whether a police officer would go into a middle to upper middle class neighborhood, grab a fistful of blonde hair, and drag a little white girl along the sidewalk like that. I doubt it, but if it happened, it would be just as appalling. It also makes you wonder if the comments here would be the same.
Yea I wonder if Soros will be funding a riot for this one. If it were a blonde would he fund that too.
I'm not sure why everyone is so focused on the party. When I was in high school, we had wild parties. We even had parties where, gasp, people smoked marijuana (and did much harder stuff than that, actually). Cops broke them up. At some of them, people were probably even arrested (for public urination or something like that). We were "wrong" but we were largely kids being kids. And if you think your kids aren't smoking pot (or having sex) behind your back, then I'd like to offer you the Most Naive Parent of the Century Award.
One thing I can't remember is a girl getting manhandled by a police officer. This is even after kids said all types of stuff to cops.
The cop has been suspended pending an investigation and probably a disciplinary hearing. He will likely receive some sort of disciplinary action, which as you can see from reading this thread, virtually everyone agrees is probably appropriate.
What is not likely to happen, unless he has prior issues, is the cop being fired. This is just the hysterical wailings of people caught up in a lynch mob type mentality, and of course the usual race agitators. But whatever the appropriate punishment is according to the McKinney Police Department standards, he likely will and should get.
Of course the unruly kids were to blame. I've read several local eyewitness accounts of their behavior and watched the cell phone video. The cop did nothing wrong in my view. The girl and everyone else was told to disperse. Many didn't and they were told to sit down. She refused and kept running her mouth, trying to agitate others. When he got her to the ground he was rushed and drew his weapon. He was justified in doing so.
We've got a SITUATION here, a REAL SITUATION!
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