Miami Dade Police Choke A Teenager Because He Was Staring At Them

[DeSwiss]

riaalterego·Published on May 29, 2013

Fourteen-year-old Tremaine McMillian didn't threaten police. He didn't attack them. He wasn't armed. All the black teenager did was appear threatening by shooting Miami-Dade police officers a few "dehumanizing stares," and that was apparently enough for the officers to decide to slam him against the ground and put him in a chokehold.

During Memorial Day weekend, McMillian was rough-housing with another teenager on the sand. Police approached the teen on an ATV and told him that wasn't acceptable behavior. They asked him where his parents were, but MicMillian attempted to walk away. The officer jumped off the ATV, and tried to physically restrain the teen. According to CBS Miami, police say the 14-year-old kid gave them "'dehumanizing stares,' clenched his fists and appeared threatening."

McMillian says he was carrying a six-week old puppy at the time and couldn't have been clenching his fists because he was feeding the dog with a bottle. He claims that during the confrontation the dog's front left paw was injured while officer forcibly separated him from the dog.

The officer then forced McMillian to the ground and put him in a choke hold.

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- Fire the cops and charge them. Defrock the judge who was either too timid or too stupid not to dismiss the charges. With prejudice. And then sue the shit out these bastards.

[TrollBuster9090]

1. Stand your ground laws aren't severe enough? CTWB is now a felony in Florida?

Clenching Teeth While Black.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. I'm beginning to think we can write Florida off.

And people wonder why I want to secede...

[tblue]

5. I ain't going there again.

I'm with you, Manny. I think Lincoln should have let them go. I can't think of any reason why the rest of us need those states.

[enough]

3. Dehumanizing stares? That is some powerful shit. (nt)

[MrMickeysMom]

15. Is that the opposite of a fawning timid glance?

This would be followed by asking, "May I please soil myself, officer?"

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Translation: He didn't look down and shuffle.

And the Miami Dade police wonder why non-white people think they're a bunch of assholes?? That they're such a bunch of hypersensitive pansies who can't take even a dirty look from a teenager??

Sheesh.

[snappyturtle]

4. Neutralizing what threat? Looks like the victim was clearlyout manned. imho nt

[kath]

6. Fucking fucking fucking pigs

And threads like this just keep coming, week after week after week after week after week...

[In_The_Wind]

7. Those Cops should be charged.

[IrishAyes]

8. Sounds like a good plan to me!

This entire business has sickened me. Unfortunately it comes as no surprise, especially considering the location. So, are we now obliged to look at these uniformed thugs with adoring eyes just to avoid attack? I wish the cops could've been given a drug test. Some of these guys are absolute fascist thugs. And I say that coming from a family with a strong military and law enforcement background, as so many of the Irish do. Bad cops give the good ones so much negative press, and the bad ones cause a lot of the civil unrest in this country. Why didn't they just tell the kids to cool their jets and let it go at that? Makes me sick to my stomach.

[muntrv]

9. Emmit Till all over again.

[southernyankeebelle]

10. Why don't the African American community boycot that damn racist state. I have been

all over the US and the world but I will never step foot in FL. Boycot like they use to down south and when it effects their pockets you will see the change.

[pa28]

11. "The question: did officers over react?"

I detected no trace of embarrassment or irony when the newsreader dropped that line. What a pro.

[East Coast Pirate]

12. Look at that cops arms.

Steroids.

[YOHABLO]

13. This was Miami /Dade. I would say N.FLA is more redneck .. so what gives?

[MrMickeysMom]

16. Nah, FL offers equal opportunity hate in these matters, regardless

No-neck haters gotta hate, no matter...

[SleeplessinSoCal]

14. Anybody else throw up? I'm feeling so nauseus.

The summer could get really and truly ugly. It's nice if you're Issa and have millions of dollars to build walls to hide behind. Or any other greedy bastard like Romney, Trump, a Koch, your bastard of choice can put so much between themselves and the real ugly world we live in.

It's nauseating.

[tomm2thumbs]

18. the excuse given by the police representative was laughable - probably even to HIM...

and yet he sat there and gave it as directed. Wonder how it will sound in court when 12 pairs of eyes are looking down on him giving the same idiotic account of why he was a 'threat'.

[W T F]

19. Didn't like the way he stared at them?.........Gang Bangers with badges

[truth2power]

20. What you said +1000 DeSwiss. Geez! WTF is going on in this country??...

Never mind. Everything is falling apart. I knew that.