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Cops Rough Up and Handcuff 15-Year-Old Girl for Using Her Student MetroCard
New York Magazine ^ | Caroline Bankoff | 08/04/2012

Posted on 08/04/2012 3:52:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 08/04/2012 3:52:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Obviously TSA rejects hired by the PD.


2 posted on 08/04/2012 3:53:59 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
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Very good thing she didn’t have her dog with her.


3 posted on 08/04/2012 3:55:23 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Ve must have your papers!


4 posted on 08/04/2012 3:57:39 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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Just imagine what they would have done if she was holding a big gulp soda.


5 posted on 08/04/2012 3:58:10 PM PDT by Track9 (Ego undermines moral courage.)
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To: nickcarraway

Pork products.


6 posted on 08/04/2012 3:59:00 PM PDT by samtheman (Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
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To: SkyDancer

You need ID to prove who you are to get on the subway or 3 cops are on your case but illegals have freedom of movement at all times.


7 posted on 08/04/2012 4:00:20 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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This is how fevered Democrats will read the story:

On July 26, African American John Smith was waiting in line to vote at the 21st Precinct when two plainclothes officers approached him and demanded to know his voter registration information.

When Smith could not produce an ID, the cops called him a liar and summoned a third officer, who "[pressed] his face against the wall while the two others cuffed him" while saying they "didn't owe an explanation" for the harsh treatment. They then called Smith's father, who vouched for his identity, but the man was only uncuffed and released when his father brought a copy of his birth certificate to the station. There, officers finally explained their reasoning, which was that his son "looked like a minority Democrat voter."


8 posted on 08/04/2012 4:02:19 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Alexis Sumpter

9 posted on 08/04/2012 4:06:11 PM PDT by rawhide
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10 posted on 08/04/2012 4:06:38 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: CaptainK

You do realize this is her side of the story and only her side. Of course, it’s possible everything she said was true. Or, more likely, there’s more to the story.


11 posted on 08/04/2012 4:07:47 PM PDT by Krankor
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Imagine if she was a memember of some group like Islam or LGBT or black or an illegal?


12 posted on 08/04/2012 4:08:46 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
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Thank GOD I live in the country, and my 14 yr old daughter is a crack shot(thank you 4-H).


13 posted on 08/04/2012 4:08:58 PM PDT by coolbreeze (giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
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Another article here: http://gothamist.com/2012/08/04/teen_claims_she_was_handcuffed_by_a.php

Video here of her describing her encounter with the police thugs (she even looks like a student): http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016&sitesection=nydailynews&VID=23760703


14 posted on 08/04/2012 4:09:07 PM PDT by rawhide
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“...brought a copy of her birth certificate to the station.”

Hmmm - now how to we lure Barry to take the subway?


15 posted on 08/04/2012 4:09:20 PM PDT by 21twelve
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To: nickcarraway

She must have been drinking a Big Gulp to receive that harsh of treatment. Lucky she wasn’t also eating popcorn.


16 posted on 08/04/2012 4:11:52 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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When they say swiped, they don’t mean reported stolen either.

Keep in mind that this is the same gummit that says if you look to be less than 40 years old, you got to show ID to buy booze or tobacco.

If they are so worried about misuse of these cards by non students, how about putting a picture of the user upon them. The technology to do this costs mere pennies today. And in the meantime if she told them who she was, why can’t they call up her state ID/driver’s license picture or sumfin based on how she identified herself, and look at it.


17 posted on 08/04/2012 4:11:56 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: Krankor
It's NYC and she drew the attention of the cops. She's lucky they didn't shoot her, but that's probably due to the fact she said she had no ID.

Remember the poor guy who was pulling his wallet out of his pocket at their command and they shot him 41 times (See: Amadou Bailo Diallo)

18 posted on 08/04/2012 4:12:13 PM PDT by muawiyah
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Nah, this seems highly likely as told. She looked older. It’s more common than you think. This is why they say at many places that sell alcohol or smokes, you got to show ID if you don’t look to be older than 40. And she might not have had other ID with her, not being intent on anything that needed it, and maybe she even smarted off to the cop a bit about her alleged American rights... but there’s very likely no cause to have pushed her face into a wall.


19 posted on 08/04/2012 4:15:46 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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...but the girl was only uncuffed and released when her mother brought a copy of her birth certificate to the station.

That is SO friggin rich.

20 posted on 08/04/2012 4:16:10 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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