Teenage girl says Clairton police beat her after curfew violation

WTAE ^ | 07/17/2014 | Bob Hazen

[Responsibility2nd]

Note to self. NEVER violate curfew in Clairton, PA.

[Dr. Sivana]

My guess is that they were trying to save her. She was on the sidewalk at the time they were just being rolled up.

[Fireone]

“..she both ran from officers and resisted them after being tackled,..”
I’ve always said “You gotta be tough to be dumb”

[driftdiver]

She didn’t get beat up for violating curfew. She got beat up for not following orders.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It could be worse, they could have shot her dog.

[Red Badger]

Curfews, unless there is an immediate public safety danger, are IMHO unconstitutional. She should sue the city and policemen involved for all they got................

[vette6387]

“She didn’t get beat up for violating curfew. She got beat up for not following orders.”

So tell us all, what would you be doing if she were your daughter?

[TomServo]

When I see names like ‘Merceedez’ and ‘Bryon’, I think spoiled rotten little bastards who think the rules don’t apply to them and will break them with impunity.

[wbill]

Hmmmm.....out after curfew, ran from police, resisted arrest. With a name like "Merceedez", I'm guessing that she's a "teenager", or "youth".

vs "All police are jackbooted thugs who want to shoot your dog first, then you and your family".

This should be an interesting thread.

[oldbrowser]

She didn’t get beat up for violating curfew. She got beat up for not following orders.

Yea but, she's a girl so she doesn't think she has to follow orders or communicate with the police.
She probably thinks they are to be ignored, like parents:

You just turn around, walk away, tossing you head and, say, "What Ev" and leave them talking to themselves.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Interesting point — in today’s political expectations they might fail a court test on freedom of peaceably assembling. But some humongous lawsuit... can’t see it.

[PGR88]

she both ran from officers and resisted them after being tackled.....

She seems to have pretty much guaranteed herself a beating.....

[Veggie Todd]

How long until the Jessie And Al Show arrive? Or was the cop black, too?

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[DannyTN]

Chris Rock : How not to get your ass beat by the police

[all the best]

And in a police state nothing is more important than following orders.

[driftdiver]

Yelling at her for being stupid and telling her she’s lucky they didnt shoot her.

[driftdiver]

When I grew up teenagers ran from police all the time. Sometimes they were caught but they were never beaten up.

[Moonman62]

she [admits she] both ran from officers and resisted them after being tackled...

DUH!

[driftdiver]

Thats right, good citizens follow orders.