Posted on 10/24/2013 1:56:40 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
An African American teenager in Richmond, Calif., is suing the city after he says police violated his civil rights when they Tasered his scrotum.
According to Andre Little, the incident occurred at train station when a Richmond police officer approached him and asked if he was associated with a group of teens who were “previously detained for questioning.”
Little claims he told Officer Kristopher Tong that he wasn’t part of the group.
Tong allegedly told him to move to another part of the station, but Little refused. Per the complaint, Tong grabbed Little by the wrist and another officer wrestled him to the ground.
Little claims he yelled, "Stop! Let me go! You have the wrong guy!"
"Tong then pulled out a Taser and pointed it at [Little's] head," the complaint reads.
Little says he pushed the Taser away, then Tong pointed at his groin.
He yelled, "Don't Tase me bro! Please don't Tase me in the balls! You don't have to do this!"
Tong allegedly Tasered Little’s scrotum at that point. The teen was rolled onto his stomach, and then officers allegedly Tasered him on the back, as well.
"The officers finally stopped the attack when the Taser dart became lodged in [Little's] back," the lawsuit says.
U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said Little will have to amend his claim because he failed to prove the officer singled him out or acted out of racial animus.
“If it can be plausibly inferred that Tong approached Little and questioned him about his association with the detained African-American men because Little is also African-American, “Corley wrote, “such racial animus provides the further plausible inference that Tong’s actions occurring in close temporal proximity — ordering Little to move down the platform and the use of force — were also motivated by racial animus.”
However, Corley refused a dismissal of Little’s claim that police used "threats, intimidation or coercion" to interfere with his legal rights in violation of California's Bane Act.
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Just Damn.
I am so tired of this divisive term..
As long as the cops made it home safe at the end of their shift.
They probably did.
In any event, this is in a huge city in Southern California, I don’t even see how this is newsworthy at this point. In that part of the nation, reporting stories like this are tantamount to reporting that today, the sun came up and the sky was still blue. Don’t know if that is true for, say, Texas or any of the Southern and Midwestern states but it sure is for Southern California.
people actually say “Don;t taze me, bro”
Forget the "racial animus" crap - I think he should claim sexual discrimination.
I'll bet that cop has never Tased a woman in the scrotum...
...although it IS California...
Good thing it wasn't Officer Tazer using tongs on him ....
Richmond is not southern California.
Its by Oakland.
Cops are the paid bullies of the ruling class.
I defined Southern California here as anywhere from the Bay Area on down - that whole region of California has had serious issues with out of control, rights violating police for decades now.
The cops ordered him to move because they wanted to bully him and prove that they were in charge.
For example, did you know these are poisonous?
Tong tasered Andre’s little scrotum. Oh my.
People between the Bay area and Thousand Oaks would take exception with that, and especially those in the Central Valley.
Ahum, a Little Paratestes makes it newsworthy.
Is it possible to tell if someone has been tasered, based on a physical examination?
But it appears that many FReepers are happy to take and believe his accusations are face value because, simply they don't like cops.
Critical thinking is sorely lacking.
True, but in terms of how out of control the police are and how civil liberties are treated as a joke in that whole region of Cali, it is still one and the same. But you are right that I should have said Southern Half of California so as not to imply that I am simply lumping the Bay Area together with the LA Metropolis area.
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