Posted on 05/12/2019 11:25:37 PM PDT by NoLibZone
One big brawl, caught on camera, involving police, teenagers and a whole lot of chaos.
Things got ugly at a local church carnival and the video is everywhere. People are upset and demanding answers from police.
Reaction from the 14-year-old girl seen in the video going viral on social media as Norristown police were called after several fights and confrontations broke out on the last night of the annual St. Francis of Assisi carnival.
“I kept telling him I couldn’t breathe and he kept telling me to shut up over and over,” Bates added.
“For that cop to come behind her and choke her like that, there was no reason. He didn’t see her do anything,” Alisha Bates, Imarah’s mother, stated.
“When you look at what the officers were confronted with, it is important to put the video in context of everything that was occurring,” Chief Mark Talbot, of the Norristown Police, explained. “I’m not gonna say that everything they did was absolutely right. I’m not going to say it was absolutely wrong.”
Norristown Police Chief Mark Talbot promising an emotional crowd of family and community members that a thorough investigation is already underway, as parents shared videos of multiple skirmishes that broke out right before their eyes.
“We were all at the carnival and I left at 8:15 and it all happened right after I left,” Simone Johnson said.
Johnson says she got a frantic call saying her son was detained by mistake.
I have been asking this question for over 30 years and to date no one can answer.
I went to a rumble and a church carnival broke out!
A lot of schools no longer have carnivals for this very reason.
There are a lot of "tells" in that sentence.
Simple solution: require a parent for entry. Minorities will not come. Pick your reason.
In the video, some witnesses are defending the police’s actions.
Not everyone was opposed to the way the police had to handle the situation.
Kids in Denver are banned from shopping malls unless accompanied by an adult.
They suffered too much looting & shooting.
I thought Montgomery County in PA was a good place to live. Was when I was in Philly in the 60’s.
OK: Who started the fight and over what?
I got the sense that the police weren’t the ones. I saw a kid attack the K9 officer who was holding the girl in a bad choke hold, but he was fighting off attackers so he may not have had a choice on how to retain her.
Parts of Pennsylvania are looking like a human jungle instead of a civilized place to live. Anyone want to challenge me on this? No. Philly?? Kensington?? Nearby Chester?
Norristown has been a place to avoid for quite a while.
Behavior and repercussions are the issues. There are no repercussions
We are living Orwell’s 1984 where children run wild and control the adults.
JoMa
My dad’s favorite saying: “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.”
Isaiah 3:12.
Disturbing lack of pepper spray or K9 units.
PA needs to do something about its Amish population.
Wakanda. :-)
Dindunuffin
I thought that was Lord of the Flies? Not by Orwell.
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