Posted on 09/09/2016 6:37:52 AM PDT by Zakeet
The Birmingham Police Department is facing backlash over a picture that went viral on social media.
The picture shows Birmingham police officer Michelle Burton holding a baby whose parents had just overdosed. The father died and the mother is still in the hospital. Officer Burton ended up staying with the baby and her three siblings for more than six hours following the incident.
Burton's husband posted the picture on social media last week praising his wife.
However, family members of the baby shown in the picture were not happy.
Mary Purnell Adalane, the aunt of the baby in the picture, spoke out at the Birmingham City Council meeting Tuesday. She said she and other family members felt like the baby, who's just shy of two months old, was "exploited."
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She keeps using the word exploited but I don’t think it means what she thinks it means.
To not “exploit” someone, the cop should have gone home, leaving the kids to be cared for by the concerned “family.”
How can there be any backlash on the BPD? What was the crime or misdeed here?
The picture should be a POSTER for the black lives matter crowd.
Unrelated but good story, even though it comes from WA PO:
Deadliest Day for U.S. Law Enforcement since 9/11
Excellent!
Maybe if they cared a little bit more BEFORE THE INCIDENT? Yeah?
Nailed it Brother. Welcome to the ghetto.
Cal State LA is establishing separate but equal dorms for black students only.
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