Rochester police under investigation again after pepper-spraying 9-year-old girl

[riversedge]

A Rochester police officer asks a handcuffed nine year old girl to get into a patrol car, prior to the girl being sprayed with a chemical irritant in a still image from bodycam video taken in Rochester, New York, U.S. January 29, 2021. Rochester Police Department/Handout via REUTERS



Rochester police under investigation again after pepper-spraying 9-year-old girl

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-rochester-child/rochester-police-under-investigation-again-after-pepper-spraying-9-year-old-girl-idUSKBN2A13PE

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read


“You’re acting like a child,” an officer tells her.

“I am a child,” the girl, who appears to be Black, says as she screams, crying for her father.

The investigation comes months after Rochester was rocked by protests in the wake of a Black man suffocating and dying last year after city police put a hood over his head.

An inquiry concluded that seven officers involved in the death of Daniel Prude, 41, acted within department policy and ethical standards............................


“This is your last chance. Otherwise pepper spray is going into your eyeballs,” an officer tells her, adding, “I will call your dad.”

Eventually, another officer says, “Just spray her at this point.”.......................

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Link, please?

[uponit7771]

2. Yep, on purpose wanting start shit

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. Just skip to the part

where the police issue the investigation report and claim it was justified and no law was broken. It will save time and money.

[phylny]

4. Link.

THIS is why we need mental health professionals answering this type of call. Not one of them was able to deescalate the situation.

https://news.yahoo.com/rochester-york-police-release-bodycam-000439339.html?ncid=twitter_yahoonewst_sjwumo1bpf4

[riversedge]

5. Thanks. I just checked back and found out I forgot to insert the link. I will put into OP

[MarcATL]

6. Rascim is real folks, and we need to fight like hell to root it out

Starting in the police departments across America.

[HUAJIAO]

7. People posting assumptions without knowing almost anything of the full story.

Not a good look.

For starters there is a very long video that I cannot find right at the moment...

Not condoning the cops but.....

[angstlessk]

9. The word BUT negates or cancels everything that goes before it

9 years old.....pepper spray...no social workers called? BUT?

[angstlessk]

10. Do you remember when you were 9?

Pushing baby doll strollers around the neighborhood...imagine living that little girls life where her mom and dad are violent, and SHE gets punished...BUT?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. What the fuck is this shit right here. But WHAT?

[cwydro]

15. "A very long video that I cannot find right at the moment." Uh huh.

Please explain how ANYTHING could excuse what those cops did?

[HUAJIAO]

16. Nothing. That's was not my implication.

[Hoyt]

8. The first policeman on the scene was trying to calm the little girl down.

Then, a bunch more arrived and it went downhill from there.

[ananda]

11. From David Simon via the tv series Cardinal

In season two of Cardinal, there is a dirty cop who takes money from a violent biker/drug gang and then another gang in return for giving the gang inside information. It ultimately ends up turning against him to his surprise and chagrin because he apparently thought by doing that he would be making himself and his family safer and his job easier.

The recap says that David Simon (of Baltimore police shows fame) once recommended a book that highlighted this kind of policing. To quote:

"It was about how police both over and under policed high crime areas. They didn't help the residents feel safe by investigating crimes carried out by the criminal element, the neighbourhood filled that gap by policing itself, causing more crimes. I'm explaining it poorly, but basically: they liked it when gang members killed each other, it's like they were taking care of their problem for them. They did not investigate those crimes thoroughly but were overzealous in use of programs like Stop and Frisk, which undermined the confidence any resident had in the police. Over AND under policing and that looks to be what Alan is aiming for here."

I wonder if Rochester (and of course many other police departments) might be doing something similar.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. FTP. ACAB.

[ck4829]

14. Kick

[EarthFirst]

17. RPD: Respond. Provoke. Defer. nt