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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sat May 14, 2016, 06:42 PM May 2016

Disturbing Video Shows a Cop Brutally Beat a Child for Riding Her Bike, Charges HER with Assault

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-beats-young-girl-riding-bike-mall-parking-lot/

As the duo traveled home, they cut through a mall parking lot, as they had done countless times before. However, this time, Officer Williams was in that parking lot, in his full Tacoma Police department uniform, yet off-duty, working as mall security. As the teens traveled through the lot, Williams began pursuit of these hardened criminals and accused them of trespassing.

This heroic officer ripped the girl from her bike and slammed her up against a parked car with his hand around her neck. As the child struggled to breathe, grabbed her by the hair and flung her around like a rag doll.

Clearly overpowering the small child, half his size, the officer wasn’t satisfied with the damage he’d inflicted so far. So, for good measure, Williams pulled out his taser and sent 50,000 volts into this poor girl....

Williams then arrested Monique and charged her with resisting arrest and, get this, assault on an officer.




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Disturbing Video Shows a Cop Brutally Beat a Child for Riding Her Bike, Charges HER with Assault (Original Post) KamaAina May 2016 OP
Fired and charged I hope Egnever May 2016 #1
I'm a pessimist on the idea that it rarely helps to have video. puffy socks May 2016 #32
I was arrested at age 7 2naSalit May 2016 #2
Same situation Depaysement May 2016 #25
That cop needs to be thrown in prison. Arugula Latte May 2016 #3
I have a theory Depaysement May 2016 #26
'Roid rage FuzzyRabbit May 2016 #4
Thank you for this link! dorkzilla May 2016 #17
I think sociopaths are naturally drawn to the job. puffy socks May 2016 #33
Here's another article gollygee May 2016 #5
That is very disturbing! That poor girl. nt WhiteTara May 2016 #6
And she is, guess what? BumRushDaShow May 2016 #7
"...by the ancestors of those cops ..." Ilsa May 2016 #28
I'm an immigrant here. No one in my family tree had slave trade dealings. Boudica the Lyoness May 2016 #34
I'm so sick of this shit pmorlan1 May 2016 #8
That cop is a monster. DLevine May 2016 #9
All those motherfuckers should be shot in the head lastone May 2016 #10
Felony assault on a child Scalded Nun May 2016 #11
Pigs gonna be piggin. snort May 2016 #12
Boycott Simon Malls neeksgeek May 2016 #13
The police department should be added to the lawsuit. avebury May 2016 #14
That Is Horrific! Leith May 2016 #15
Did they have enough muscle there? catchnrelease May 2016 #16
Yes, at least 7 cops! This poor girl! Duppers May 2016 #20
Disgusting vanlassie May 2016 #18
4 police cars, physical assault, beating a young girl of color on her bicycle... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #19
Perfect reply! Duppers May 2016 #21
The skinhead should be fired and charged with assault. rockfordfile May 2016 #22
How could he be sure the kids were not planning to shop at the mall? tblue37 May 2016 #23
I so hope we see a follow up on this story rurallib May 2016 #24
When will white people see their children ? gwheezie May 2016 #27
A good question. blackspade May 2016 #37
If I say what I want to say, it'll get me in trouble. Scootaloo May 2016 #29
K & R Thespian2 May 2016 #30
When karma finally reaches benld74 May 2016 #31
Off duty Tacoma WA cop working as a mall cop makes it somehow even more outrageous Person 2713 May 2016 #35
Sick fuck. blackspade May 2016 #36
 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
32. I'm a pessimist on the idea that it rarely helps to have video.
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:47 PM
May 2016

Here's my guess as to what might happen:

The police will band together as always.
They will begin to demonize the victim and look up any record the victim or any family members or friends might have and make criminal connections.
A GJ will convene to hear the evidence as directed by the prosecutor.


At this point it will go one of two ways:

The GJ will not indict the officers.
The GJ will indict and the Prosecutor will charge the officers with the wrong charges and they will walk due to double jeopardy.
The city's taxpayers will be the whipping boy and will end up paying damages in a civil proceeding for the officer's aggravated assault on a minor.

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
2. I was arrested at age 7
Sat May 14, 2016, 06:48 PM
May 2016

for riding my bike in front of my house in a cul de sac in a designated housing area.

This is way out of line and I, too, am glad it was caught on camera.

Depaysement

(1,835 posts)
25. Same situation
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:21 PM
May 2016

Except it was street hockey.

Handcuffed and left by the side of the road, after being smacked in the head, miles from my house.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
3. That cop needs to be thrown in prison.
Sat May 14, 2016, 06:52 PM
May 2016

Why are so many of these violent cops creeps on power trips? These hyper macho assholes must be trying to make up for their own insecurities by "exercising their authority" to a ridiculous, violent level because deep down they know they're worthless pieces of crap.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
33. I think sociopaths are naturally drawn to the job.
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:53 PM
May 2016

like Jon Burge, Drew Peterson, David Brame.



Now, a former Oxnard police officer is blowing the whistle on a sick practice of officers in the department proudly "earning" tattoos every time they shoot and kill people while on duty:

The former Oxnard police officer who recently left the department said he saw the tattoos on the officers. He made a drawing of what the “shooting” tattoo looks like. He said the tattoos were probably purchased from a tattoo shop in Port Hueneme because that is where Oxnard officers go to get tattooed.

The former Oxnard police officer also provided the names of seven Oxnard officers and two retired officers who allegedly had the tattoos. The nine names also included two officers who are currently commanders at the Oxnard Police Department. One is a watch commander.

The former Oxnard officer told American Justice that if smoke is added to the tattoo, coming out of the barrel, then the shooting was fatal. He said the tattoos are “earned” by officers involved in shootings.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/3/31/1374603/-Whistleblower-cop-Oxnard-California-police-get-gun-skull-tattoos-every-time-they-shoot-someone

BumRushDaShow

(129,107 posts)
7. And she is, guess what?
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:01 PM
May 2016

Black.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/wash-teen-sues-dragged-bike-choked-mall-article-1.2637011

Her ancestors were dragged kicking and screaming to this country by the ancestors of those cops and they are not going to let her forget it.

Just another day in the neighborhood.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
28. "...by the ancestors of those cops ..."
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:27 PM
May 2016

You don't know that, do you? He may be first generation-US-born. He may be a grandson of Hitler Youth. But you don't know if his ancestors brought Africans to be slaves in the US. I know many white people whose parents were 20th century immigrants.

But I certainly get your point about his membership in the white brotherhood as a factor in treating probable descendants of slaves heinously. And those attitudes may not have originated here.

 

Boudica the Lyoness

(2,899 posts)
34. I'm an immigrant here. No one in my family tree had slave trade dealings.
Sat May 14, 2016, 10:02 PM
May 2016

(I also had a direct relative on the Mayflower but he died the first winter. I'm related to the Pilgrims son who stayed in England).

If the girl is black she has at least 20% European DNA which means she's descended from white folk who were probably in the slave trade.

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)
8. I'm so sick of this shit
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:04 PM
May 2016

This cop needs to be prosecuted and he needs to lose his job. He is obviously unfit for the job.

snort

(2,334 posts)
12. Pigs gonna be piggin.
Sat May 14, 2016, 07:52 PM
May 2016

Perhaps it should be legal for family members, after a proper investigation of course, to kick the shit out of pigs who pull this.

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
13. Boycott Simon Malls
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:11 PM
May 2016

Hit them in their bank accounts. It's the only language they understand. Well, that and violence.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
14. The police department should be added to the lawsuit.
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:31 PM
May 2016

It doesn't matter if he was on duty or off duty,if he was wearing his uniform he was also representing the police department. Anybody attacked and brutalized by this nethanderal would have no way of knowing that the guy was not on duty.

The brute should have to face criminal charges. If this country cannot get the police under control what is to stop American born versions of ISIS from rising up and fighitng back against the system?

Leith

(7,809 posts)
15. That Is Horrific!
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

Those poor kids - especially the girl.

Every one of those cops deserves to be put in jail.

catchnrelease

(1,945 posts)
16. Did they have enough muscle there?
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:34 PM
May 2016

I counted 7 cops there by the end. How many big 'men' do they need to take down one girl? Ridiculous and disgusting.

Duppers

(28,125 posts)
20. Yes, at least 7 cops! This poor girl!
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:00 PM
May 2016

Ohmyfrickingod!

Fired without retirement or terminate pay. All of them because why would another officer stand by and watch this and not do something??

The monster who hurt her should be jailed for assault with bodily harm.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
19. 4 police cars, physical assault, beating a young girl of color on her bicycle...
Sat May 14, 2016, 08:59 PM
May 2016

... What's a matter? No cross burning to attend on a slow night, motherfuckers?

tblue37

(65,408 posts)
23. How could he be sure the kids were not planning to shop at the mall?
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:19 PM
May 2016

Yeah, a mall parking lot is "private property," but it is full of vehicles--often including bikes--because people drive or ride and then park their cars and bikes there.

That is what it is for. Maybe the drivers of all those cars all over that private property need to be beaten, tased , and arrested, too, for trespassing.

rurallib

(62,423 posts)
24. I so hope we see a follow up on this story
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:20 PM
May 2016

Who watches the watchers? What do we do when those in public trust positions break laws and are covered by others in positions of public trust.

Let us hope the occupy type movements snowball.

Thank goodness we have cameras to watch the watchers to some degree.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
27. When will white people see their children ?
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:27 PM
May 2016

I'm not saying all white people so simmer down those offended but when will we see a black child beaten way and see our children and grandchildren.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
29. If I say what I want to say, it'll get me in trouble.
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:33 PM
May 2016

I'll leave it at this: there's no known cure for rabies.

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
30. K & R
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:40 PM
May 2016

That's one hell of a lot of police power to subdue a young girl whose criminal activity was riding a bike in a mall parking lot...I hope she at least cursed the pos...

benld74

(9,904 posts)
31. When karma finally reaches
Sat May 14, 2016, 09:46 PM
May 2016

That pathetic excuse for an air breather

It will NOT be pretty!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
35. Off duty Tacoma WA cop working as a mall cop makes it somehow even more outrageous
Sun May 15, 2016, 12:08 AM
May 2016

Taser assault Is this mall cop cop in jail? No the bike rider was charged!

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