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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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To: null and void
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posted on
08/04/2012 4:43:14 PM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Obama is without a doubt the worst President ever elected to these United States)
To: Krankor
And so if she did; the occifers should have counted that par for the course and not cared. The card’s worth money? Not if tied to a user. The cops could not say they cared about this and also claim they did not care about that.
42
posted on
08/04/2012 4:43:30 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: nickcarraway
If the head nanny stater Bloomberg is doing outrageous abuses of power it is not surprising the lower ranking nanny staters follow his lead
43
posted on
08/04/2012 4:50:33 PM PDT
by
Popman
(In a place you only dream of Where your soul is always free)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Uh, that pic is from a movie.
44
posted on
08/04/2012 4:50:33 PM PDT
by
Focault's Pendulum
(If Obama was any more thin skinned, he'd have a receptacle end: Dennis Miller)
To: Focault's Pendulum
I bow to your cinematic expertise.
Still, if this is a worry, why not put the user’s picture on them.
45
posted on
08/04/2012 4:55:19 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: stormhill
46
posted on
08/04/2012 6:00:57 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
To: null and void
thank you... There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's MultiPass.
47
posted on
08/04/2012 6:04:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: null and void
You are so right. I stand corrected.
A group of us went through voter registration training for Texas residents last week and then a judge appointed by Obama got involved and ruled against our current procedures. He thinks anyone anywhere should be able to register people to vote in Texas, not just Texas residents who are trained. Not sure if Abbott is going to appeal or not. Pretty touchy issue right now with some of us.
48
posted on
08/04/2012 6:08:13 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: SkyDancer
Because the young lady in question is black, maybe?
49
posted on
08/04/2012 6:17:24 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1292 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
To: Track9
Just imagine what they would have done if she was holding a big gulp soda. Meanwhile the real criminals like this guy are running amok.
50
posted on
08/04/2012 6:27:23 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("Jiggle the Handle for Barry!")
To: Krankor
I believe it because the biggest crime in NYC is to jump a a turnstile.
51
posted on
08/04/2012 6:40:57 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
And this non arrest custody with handcuffs sounds hokey. If you are not free to go you are arrested.
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Likely she was “detained” but not arrested. Not finger printed and thrown in a cell. Whatever it was it was wrong.
Lets say the card was stolen or expired. If she had gone to court for a $1.00 misuse of a subway card, in otherwords the same as a stolen token what would her punishment be? Nothing. A warning at most not to do it again. But getting your face smashed up agains the wall and having cuffs on for more than about 60 seconds is more punishment than she would have received by any court, many times over. The little girl, and she was just a little girl, was abused and will never forget it. She will never have any respect for cops nor will any of her friends and family.
Too, too many cops abuse their powers and throw around their power of intimidation because they can. It is sick what they did to this poor little girl, it is wrong. I hope the cops that did it are fired and never allowed to wear a badge again, ever. Every cop should be a good cop or fired, period. There should never be a second chance for abuse of authority.
52
posted on
08/04/2012 6:55:03 PM PDT
by
JAKraig
(Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
To: null and void
Not sure. Her name is Alexis. What black girl who is 15 would be named that? Now if it was Kenisha or something like that, okay. And also, no group has come out yelling racism. Ergo, she must have been white. But then, what white girl would be taking the subway? Alone?
53
posted on
08/04/2012 7:08:00 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Ambition Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse")
To: SkyDancer
from the looks of her picture in post #9, one who's family makes a fairly good living...
54
posted on
08/04/2012 7:18:07 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I used to keep my subway pass in a outside pocket where I could grab it easily. My wallet and other valuables were kept in an inside pocket as I rarely needed to get them out until I was at my destination.
55
posted on
08/04/2012 7:19:11 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Fate plays chess and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along)
To: nickcarraway
Let me see if I’ve got this straight. If you are suspected of stealing half the fare for a ride on the train, you MUST SHOW a Birth Certificate, but if you want to be President of the United States it racist for anyone to even mention one.
56
posted on
08/04/2012 8:00:14 PM PDT
by
Wingy
(Don't blame me. I voted for the chick. I hope to do so again.)
To: 21twelve
Hmmm - now how to we lure Barry to take the subway? I was thinking along the same lines - no wonder Obama doesn't use the subway! No B.C.
57
posted on
08/04/2012 11:10:48 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: HiTech RedNeck
Shes likely hearing from a gaggle of hopeful lawyers now.
I hope so.
58
posted on
08/04/2012 11:24:56 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
("We're not programs, Gerty, We're People")
To: Focault's Pendulum
officers finally explained their reasoning, which was that her daughter "looked like an adult."
Sorry, don't buy it. She looks very much 15-16 years old.
What they meant, though they were too stupid to realize it, was that she didn't look like their idea of a black teenage girl. I hope they legally get Louima-ized over this.
59
posted on
08/04/2012 11:35:05 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/04/2012 11:50:57 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
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