Same kid, different incident.
It's the same kid?
Cue the PA system: Crusader in aisle 7.
“Same kid, different incident”
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/15/1522.asp
for transcript of the other incident.
The same kid?!?
OK ... so if it really is the same kid, involved in two incidents, there is some additional context involved than we're being given in this story.
Doesn't excuse the cop's actions, but it may help to explain them.