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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And then there are morons like you that cause tax payers to pay idiots because the morons can’t think logically.
Crikey!
let-em fight it out
Ben Crump...please report to Mr. Leupold’s office
Try this:
'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 emerged.'
Why is the video troubling and who said so? Witnesses or the reporter? Why bring up Rittenhouse and the two people he killed in self-defense? Why bring up Jacob Blake?
Stop this hysteria. Stick to the fact of the event.
Girl probably weighed in at a hundred sixty pounds.
right
Looked like a buffalo heifer to me instead of a 12-YO girl.
Any clue what "overly blew" is supposed to mean?
Rittenhouse has another news outlet to sue.
...should’ve been more clear.
I meant self-defense on the part of the *cop*.
Feckless politicians, not cops, are why “idiots” get paid.
I never took a class in Ebonics so your guess is as good as mine.
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