New dash cam video reportedly shows Plaquemines deputy kicking 12-year-old (LA)

[Nevilledog]

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_a3294d8e-248f-11ed-b192-ebab738b6d90.html

An attorney for a 12-year-old boy arrested after riding a dirt bike in Plaquemines Parish has released a disturbing dash cam video from a parish patrol car that he says shows the youth being roughly pulled off of the bike by a Plaquemines deputy, then stomped by another uniformed deputy.

The sheriff's office, in a post on its Facebook page, says the video shows only a small clip of what occurred on Feb. 19, 2022, when it says deputies pursued 4 ATVs and a dirt bike that were flaunting traffic laws and creating dangerous situations.

"During the course of the incident, all the four-wheelers and the dirt bike created a public safety hazard by blatantly disregarding numerous traffic laws designed for commuters to travel without fear of their safety. The actions committed by the operators of these vehicles include, but are not limited to - disregarding functioning traffic signals (red lights), crossing lanes into oncoming traffic, traveling after dusk without headlights, failure to yield to oncoming traffic, leaving the roadway onto the sidewalk and entering private property and disregarding speed laws," said part of the lengthy statement, which can be seen in full at the bottom of this story.

The eight-second clip provided to WWL-TV by attorney Ryan Thompson appears to show a deputy rushing toward someone, mostly out of camera range, and then pulling him off the vehicle and throwing him to the ground beside a paved road. The sheriff's office said the incident occurred on Woodland Highway, the same roadway that saw a highly-publicized chase involving two ATVs in May that resulted in severe injuries to both a deputy and one of the ATV riders.

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Video at article link

[yankee87]

1. Justifying brutality

As always, the police department is besmirching the victim’s character to get ahead of the narrative. No worries through, they’ll investigate themselves.

[EnergizedLib]

2. It's a bit hard

To besmirch the character of a 12-year-old when, although they largely know right from wrong, they still aren’t going to have the best judgment much of the time. I didn’t when I was 12.