Posted on 04/29/2022 7:50:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SEATTLE (AP) — The father of a child who was hit with pepper spray during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Seattle has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging assault and negligence by police officers.
Their use of force sparked national outrage after video and photos showed medics and other protesters pouring water and milk on the screaming child’s face to relieve his suffering, the Seattle Times reported.
An investigation by the Office of Police Accountability determined the boy’s injuries were “inadvertent” and not excessive force or a violation of policy. The officer was trying to spray another protester and struck the child instead, OPA said.
The lawsuit filed by the boy's father, Armand Avery, alleges the child was in agony and was treated at a hospital for chemical burns. It says the city and officers violated the law against discrimination because Avery and his son are Black and the protest “was intended to address disproportionate excessive force used unjustly against African Americans and other people of color.”
“The use of noxious gases against individuals exercising their constitutional right to speak out about issues of inequity in support of members of a protected class constitutes a violation of the Washington State Law Against Discrimination,” the lawsuit claims.
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Well of course he did.
Father should be prosecuted for endangering his child. Taking his kid to a riot? A real winner here, this guy.
I would literally have the father caned and then the boy caned as well and warned NEVER to go to such a protest again. But, of course, I’d have to be the dictator. Sooner or later, we’re going to get one, might as well be me instead of one of them.
Too bad the police didn’t use bullets, real ones, not the rubber variety.
I just take my boy to cock fights and strip clubs.
What’s this dude’s deal?...
No where in the article does it print the boy’s age. Typical low-grade reporting. If we’re talking about a 17 year-old, my guess is that he was part of the Burn-Loot-Murder troops. If he was 10, why the hell would you take him to a riot?
Play stupid games.......................
Taking kids (little kids) to these events is NOT a good idea. Dad should be charged with child endangerment.
Sounds like Avery is a gold bricker. Why would a parent take a sweet innocent child to a potentially violent prayer meeting that BLM always sponsors?
“I would literally have the father caned and then the boy caned as well and warned NEVER to go to such a protest again. But, of course, I’d have to be the dictator”
Sometimes I just say... “If I was king of the world”
Ben Crump recruiting clients.
I might be going out on a limb here, but I’m thinking: Taking your child to a BLM riot is not going to get you a nomination for father of the year.
Dad though if I use my child as a human shield they won't pepper spray ME. Since they did anyway I want money.
Another article gives the boys age as 7 at the time of the incident.
Dindonuffins on parade.
Notice the little kid in the white sweatshirt next to the laughing guy in the blue T-shirt while the 'protester' takes a dump on the burning American flag.
Taking little kids to these kinds of things is as American as apple pie to Leftists.
“No where in the article does it print the boy’s age.”
In a statement on KOMO news, Seattle, he was said to be 7 yeaars old.
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