Posted on 03/10/2022 2:07:18 PM PST by Morgana
Troubling video showing an off-duty Kenosha cop putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl while breaking up a fight at a middle school has sparked fury in the Wisconsin city where Kyle Rittenhouse killed two people in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The 17-second viral clip shows the officer trying to separate two girls before he was knocked to the ground by the sixth-grader in a rainbow sweatshirt in the cafeteria of Lincoln Middle School last Friday.
He then scrambles to his feet and restrains the pre-teen by putting his knee on her neck, a move that quickly brought back memories of the confrontation that led to the death of George Floyd.
It is unclear from the video how long the cop kept his knee on the girl's neck.
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who represented the Floyd's family, as well as the families of Blake, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, has demanded swift justice.
'An off-duty Wisconsin police officer placed his KNEE into a 12-year-old's neck after she was involved in an altercation w/ another student!' he tweeted. 'We KNOW just how dangerous this incident could have been, yet the officer has NOT faced any repercussions! He needs to be held accountable!'
The Kenosha Police Department would not release the cop's name but confirmed he is 37 years old and has been on the force for four years. The KPD has not revealed any disciplinary action against the officer.
'K.P.D. has seen the video clip and has seen the photo which has been widely shared on social media over the weekend,' the department said in a statement released Monday.
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If the sixth-grader knocked him to the ground first (did they say it was on video?) then it’s self-defense.
“We don’t matter bro”?!
Maybe, just maybe blacks should learn to behave.
Is impulse control also racist as Math is?...
I’m so old I remember when girls didn’t have fist fights in school.
Skanks...
If he used his hands would he now be accused of trying to cop a feel?
Did the cop follow department protocol?
If so, case closed.
Need I look?
I wouldn’t be surprised if this kid is a 200 pounder. Although you have to question the sanity and the mentality of any man who is stupid enough to take on a job separating punks and thugs.
Just the other day we were reading of a first grader who knocked out a teacher, putting her in the hospital.
Unless and until this country returns to normal conservative values, we must expect this type of tribal behavior.
Little more obnoxious than youth cacophony.
You’d have to be a real moron cop to continue to use the knee neck hold down.
Everything can turn out fine. Perp restrained.
Then the video comes out.
Part of me thinks “a grown man can’t control a 12 year old”? then part of me think “maybe they need to use cattle prods”
That’s a 12yo kid?
Government cheese is making these kids huge.
A certain segment of our population seems to be unable to grow up and they solve every problem through violence. They go their entire lives acting like spoiled little 12 year olds. Our prison systems are full of them.
Oh a grown man can handle a 12-year-old kid. No doubt. But for a cop to put his knee on her neck? Or to even put his hands on her in order to restrain her?
They’ll be a cell in prison for him right next to Derek Chauvin.
This cop has effectively ruined his career.
Fixed.
placed his KNEE
time to outlaw knees
“Oh a grown man can handle a 12-year-old kid. No doubt. But for a cop to put his knee on her neck? Or to even put his hands on her in order to restrain her?”
The knee on the neck was way too far but how does he stop her from fighting with the other child if he does not restrain her?
Holding her down with a knee also kept his hands free to defend himself against any others that might want to attack him.
One of these days a cop won’t even be able to grab a person’s arms to put them in handcuffs. (Torn shoulder ligaments.)
When they came for the choke-hold I did nothing....
When they came for the knee restraint I did nothing....
Shoulda just tase’d the little juvenile.
12 year olds can kill
The knee on the neck was way too far but how does he stop her from fighting with the other child if he does not restrain her?
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HE DOESN’T!
I can’t think of a single scenario where a man can break up a fight between two 6th grade girls and not come out the loser.
Yes I know it’s his job; he was hired to do it, but he was a complete idiot for taking on that job and now he may go to jail for it.
Black females are a very special protected class in this country. They can do no wrong. They can do as they please and any efforts to get in their way amounts to racism.
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