VIDEO: CHICAGO POLICE HANDCUFF 10-YEAR-OLD AFTER CALL ABOUT BLACK MALE WITH GUN

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek


BY BENJAMIN FEARNOW ON 6/6/18 AT 3:26 PM

Chicago police said they are investigating an incident caught on camera showing a 10-year-old boy being handcuffed and detained by several officers up against a squad car.

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said they received a call about a young black male with a gun in the area, and the 10-year-old fit the description to nearby officers. Police confirmed to WMAQ-TV in Chicago that an innocent fourth-grade boy, Michael Thomas Jr., was handcuffed by officers outside his grandmother’s home and leaned against the hood of the cop car as police questioned him about possessing a firearm. The boy’s family said they think it was a case of mistaken identity but are saddened and demanding answers about last week’s incident recorded via cellphone.

“That’s our kid. They need to apologize,” Thomas Jr.’s mother, Starr Ramsey, told WMAQ-TV. “He’s going to be scared for the rest of his life now. I want answers. You can look at him and tell he’s not a teenager. Ten years old, you get handcuffed? You scarred him for life.”

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/chicago-handcuffed-michael-thomas-gun-juvenile-eddie-johnson-chicago-police-962873?piano_t=1

[Moostache]

1. Bet they use the "fear for their lives" defense...

It is sickening, but ever so predictable...

[rurallib]

2. {police said} "Michael did run from officers when they approached him."

poor kid was probably scared to death. Good god

[hedda_foil]

8. Well of course he tried to run away, poor little guy.

[Jedi Guy]

3. I can't understand why they felt this was necessary.

It's not as if they witnessed the poor kid brandishing a gun or something. Even if they felt a need to question him (which is a real stretch, unless just asking if he saw anything) there was no need to restrain him while doing so.

These cops need to not be cops anymore at the very least. Clearly they're incapable of using reason and common sense while investigating a possible crime, if they felt it was necessary to cuff a child like this.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. This is totally ridiculous and uncalled for. I'm happy he didn't wind up like Tamir Rice.

[Demovictory9]

5. ..

[Coventina]

6. This is my new standard response to these incidents.

And I'll keep posting it until the police change their ways:

[Joe Chi Minh]

7. ... and I'm amazed that you don't seem to have a law

against wasting police time.

Incidentally, have you noticed how, generally-speaking, women tend to be more racist than men ? I thnk they tend to see the tribe as an extensiion of the family.

There's got to be a special place in hell for such creatures as that excuse for a woman.

[USALiberal]

9. FFS why are cops so scared all the time? They want NO risks at all. nt

[Kurt V.]

10. I think there is a direct link between bad policing

and the high murder rate in Chicago. People simply won't call police and take matters in their own hands. I don't have proof but that's my theory.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. The part that makes me SO FUCKING MAD

is that they would NEVER have done this to a white kid. Yes, fuckwads, this is why we kneel.

[RandomAccess]

12. Or even a white adult

most of the time