Posted on 09/04/2022 6:41:47 PM PDT by Morgana
Newly released records show two police officers were suspended without pay after berating a 5-year-old boy who had walked away from his elementary school, calling him a 'shepherd of the devil' and threatening him with a beating.
The details of the lengthy internal investigation at the Montgomery County Police Department were revealed when the district paid out $275,000 in a settlement after the incident at East Silver Spring Elementary School in Maryland.
Officers Dionne Holliday and Kevin Christmon were seen holding down the crying child to a chair and shouting abuse such as 'I hope your momma let me beat you' in the body camera footage that went viral.
One of the officers pulled out his handcuffs and closed one of loops around the child's right wrist.
'When you get older, when you want to make your own decisions, you know what's going to be your best friend?' one officer asks the terrified boy.
'These right here. You know what these are? These are handcuffs. You know what they're for? You know what these are for? These are for people that don't want to listen and don't know how to act.'
Holliday was suspended for four weeks while Christmon was suspended for two after an internal investigation.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“Black kid and two black cops? Not a white person’s burden.”
I had an inkling that was the case - but then I admit I’m prejudiced. Have no idea where that pre-judging comes from.
Yep, IQ is upstream of culture.
That cop was totally out of control and handled it inappropriately. All he did was yelled and berated the kid. By the time he half heartedly asked the kid if someone was trying to hurt him the kid was too scared to answer. It was nothing but a power play. He did not solve anything and created future attitude problems in the kid. He destroyed any positive self initiative that this feminized society consistently destroys. If the cop started out trying to find out if there was a problem and reasoned, yes reasoned with the kid, he could have turned the situation into a positive character building time. But no the cop had to use the power play. The cops should have had to pay not the taxpayers.
Today’s Americans think that this type of kid coddling is OK. The parents should have applauded the cops and warmed the kid’s behind.
They seem nice.
These cops had no idea how to deal with a child that age. They’ve probably caused him to fear and resent cops for the rest of his life. We really do need school resource officers in schools who are actually *trained* in how to work with the ages and situations they’re encountering.
So baby mama couldn’t handle a 5 yr old?
It'll be gone in a month. And she won't remember to include it on her tax return.
OK, what tax return.
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