Special Needs Student Beaten by Illinois police over dress code

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Run time: 03:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGoF3h9iQ5Y   Posted on YouTube: October 07, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 07, 2009 By DU Member: 20score Views on DU: 5544

 
Our country has a very real problem with police brutality. And nobody can claim ignorance any longer with videos posted daily of the abuses.

They should be held to a higher standard than average citizens and it's past time for us to demand they act responsibly.

[fascisthunter]

1. all too often do we see little men in big bodies

use their authority as way to punish individuals for as little as this. This guy has no right to be a cop or even a security guard.

[ihavenobias]

16. +1

[KansDem]

22. A DUer summed up this kind of violence a couple of months ago...

"A little man with a big badge"

[shrdlu]

35. Steroids or a crazy man?

[troubledamerican]

51. Surely it's "just a few bad apples"

Like Abu Ghraib & chickenhawk bureaucrats & pirate banksters?

[RetroLounge]

2. Fucking cops.

Lets see the cop defenders come here now and defend this...

RL

[Enrique]

6. no cop defender would defend this

many cop defenders would defend the many cops that would never do something like this.

[BuyingThyme]

38. Bullshit.

[liquid diamond]

52. I see why the police are so hated here. Fuck them and those that

stick up for this behavior.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

55. Police are not "hated here" - that is a very wrong statement. nt

[liquid diamond]

56. For the most part they are. Whenever we have threads

on this subject, the majority of posters are critical of their behavior. Only a few assholes stick up for pigs...like those that were defending Crowley.

[slumdog]

59. Fucking Cops

Where the fuck is the FBI....I guess there afraid of the black man too....

[slumdog]

60. Where the Fuck is the FBI...are they afraid of all the black cops

[suede1]

3. What would people do if this was some random adult who attacked a child like that?

[Seldona]

25. It's much worse than some random adult.

This was a person with the supposed responsibility of protecting these students. He is armed, and trained, and is a far deadlier opponent that most in the general public.

What would a police officer have to do with enforcing the dress code in the first place? If there was no officer on the scene, would they have called the police because his shirt was not tucked in? If so schools, and the police officers in those schools, have changed in a major way, and not for the better.

That would seem to be a teacher, or administrative action, at its worst. Unless the student did something during the confrontation to warrant police intervention perhaps. But this? This is absurd. I don't want armed people like this enforcing a school's dress code with my children.

No way I would send my kid back there. Ever.

[BanzaiBonnie]

4. This is horrible, no matter what else was going on, it was not right

Our police departments have taken in some bad guy bullies. We need to go back to the days of protect and serve. I hold those who abide by that credo in great esteem. It's a difficult job. But we need to weed out the bullies.

[safeinOhio]

7. Looks like the only way to stop these thugs

is with Gazillion dollar law suits. When school and police administrators pay through the nose, they'll start weeding out the assholes in a hurry.
Thank God for lawyers.

[derby378]

5. He was beaten for not having his shirt tucked in

I don't think the police are there to protect the students. I think the police are kept there to scare and intimidate students.

[specialed]

8. My son is a special need student and I would have beaten that cop to death.

I'm not kidding.

[valerief]

9. I hope that cop is fired and prosecuted for assault and battery of a minor. nt

[JaneFordA]

10. Do you see what I see???

Granted, I'm blinder than sixteen bats and I don't know enough computer-ese to slow down this newsfeed SO... the African-American kid gets beaten for not having a shirt tucked in and a white kid (or is that an adult... a teacher... can't tell!!!!!) in SHORTS appears to join in the beating fray.

I've been out of high school since the Jurassic Era so when did shorts get a pass on a dress code list and "outside shirts" not... ???

I hope some sharper eyes can help me out with this one!

[Quasimodem]

14. Your eyes are sharp enough, JaneFordA

Yeah. There are two guys who sort of dance around with the cop, possibly trying to help him (though why anyone would think the cop needs help beats me). There is one big guy in a striped shirt and a smaller guy in shorts and a light-colored shirt.

What I noticed straight off is that both of those fellows have their shirts hanging out, too. Even if they are teachers, should they be exempt from the dress code – especially a code so viciously enforced against the students?

Something else is at work – possibly “cops and little people,” racism, or even roid rage.

Eventually we will learn what happened. I doubt that anyone can make this disappear.

[Seldona]

27. There is a guy with dark hair, a bald spot, and dark blue or black slacks,

with his back to the camera, who appears to have a hold of the victim's legs. You can see him stretch out his legs and plant them to get more of his weight into holding a person who was probably struggling.

This was a two-man take down.

[elmerdem]

11. Dolton Police Department phone #s

708-849-2151
708-841-2533

[defendandprotect]

47. Thank you -- tomorrow -- !!!

[defendandprotect]

48. kick

[rAVES]

12. there's nothing alleged about this abuse.. it's on video.

[rd_kent]

13. I ALWAYS say "wait until the whole stiry comes out" but this time.....

No fucking way. I have seen all I need to. That cop is a criminal and belongs in jail.

[FiveGoodMen]

18. Yes, he belongs in the general population

and the other prisoners need to know who he is, what he does for a living, and what landed him in jail.

You'd see a better quality of cop if that advice were followed a few times.

[winyanstaz]

15. This brutality must end NOW!!!! This officer needs to go to jail.

He needs to lose his job.
I am sick of seeing people beaten up, tazered, kicked, and slammed into walls etc and yes..even murdered.
The police are supposed to be HELPING us, PROTECTING us and SERVING the PEOPLE!!! Not the fucking rich men...not the fucking government but WE THE PEOPLE! Not to mention they are SWORN to uphold the Constitution.
I don't think we can fix this before it gets a lot worse.

[rebel with a cause]

17. Having worked with youth in certain situations that called

for restraints, here is my take on this tape.

First of all, I am not defending the policeman. I see no cause for a restraint because the youth, as far as I can tell, is not doing anything to put himself or others in danger. Second of all, no restraint should start with a body slam or punches thrown (although I did not really see the punches thrown, action was too fast for my old eyes). A restraint if absolutely necessary should begin with the least amount of force and only go further due to a violent resistance. Something like that. I've been out of it for quite a while.

Now, I will say what I think might have happened. I think the cop saw the student with his shirt un-tucked and started telling him to tuck it in with an authoritative tone and probably some name calling which grew more strong/racist with time. The student perhaps ignored him at first but at some point could have began talking back. (I get that opinion from watching the student's body movements) The student not following his orders and perhaps even talking back led to the cop getting more fired up. The reason for the violence (in my opinion) was the kid was Black, he didn't follow the white man's orders, and he dared to talk back. JMHO

[hmorehead]

19. Having seen people "taken down", this is beyond the boundries.

[DFW]

20. Assault and battery, open and shut case

The cop needs to be put away, maximum security. He's a dangerous SOB. I hope the other cops in that town are just as adamant
that he be put away, because one cop like that reflects on all of them. I sure as hell hope that he's the exception in that
town and not the rule.

[RamboLiberal]

21. This cop needs to be fired & prosecuted

And that takedown could've killed that kid as well.

[Auggie]

29. The guy is toast

There's no defense for what happened

[KansDem]

23. You know, I'm really surprised some citizen hasn't produced a handgun...

...and blown out what little brains these uniformed thugs have. I'm really surprised it hasn't happened yet...

[Arctic Dave]

28. +1

[Quasimodem]

41. That would only turn a live goon into a dead 'hero' n/t

[AusDem]

45. really?

is that what you would like to see happen? or what you think is justified?

yeah, the cop deserve to be handled harshly, but to have his brains blown out?

[KansDem]

54. Self defense, of course...

If he were a "regular citizen," then what would be the reaction? "Citizen saves citizen from brutal attack," but since he's a "cop," then he can get away with this kind of attack? At least not held to the same standards as a violent thug?

And where did I say it would be "justified?" In this day and age of tasering diabetics, old women, and children, or a guy with no legs confined to a wheelchair; in this day and age of "summary executions" for breaking and entering by private citizens (Joe Horn of Pasadena, Texas, comes to mind); in this day and age when a cop and kill a suspect by breaking his neck because the suspect might have something in his mouth that the cop wanted him to spit out; in this day and age of cops beating up adolescent girls, I'm just surprised that someone hasn't pull out a gun and popped one of the offenders.

Just surprised it hasn't happened yet...

And how do you define, "the cop deserve to be handled harshly?" Should he be tried and put in jail if found guilty just like a regular citizen?

[liquid diamond]

53. + 100

Where is a cop killer when you need one?

[Supply Side Jesus]

24. They need to be held to the same standard.

And this would be assault.

[edc]

26. I work wiork with special needs kids.

The kid obviously told the cop to go fuck himself or something to that effect. Any adult who can't handle something like that without committing a battery shouldn't be wearing a uniform, be anywhere near children and should probably be in restraints.

[jwirr]

50. I was thinking of the kids my sister teaches in NYC who are the

special needs students no one else wants in their class and who are in her class as a last resort. She would say the same thing you just said. She hated to have policemen in the hallways of her school because she was afraid for her students.

[Danger Mouse]

30. Usually somebody tries to say 'you don't know the whole story' etc.

Not this time.
What else is there to tell? The kid could've been telling the cop to go fuck himself sideways and it would not have justified what was done. If the cop doesn't face severe consequences for this then there is no justice in this country.

[smoogatz]

31. I'm speechless.

Unbelievable.

[benld74]

32. LAWSUIT! SIZE BIGASS XXXXXXXXXXXXXL

[EmeraldCityGrl]

33. These thugs are rarely held accountable and often

returned to the force. They disgust me. People in a position to do something about this escalating problem are afraid to bad-mouth the police.
I don't care what anyone says, there has been an increase of these stories in the news since the Obama, Gates, Cop incident in Boston and I
believe much of this is racial blowback.

[peacetalksforall]

34. I can't stop thinking about the kid. That was one horrible show of brutality - plus ...

It sure looked like hate coming through.

We have to find out - is the cop there to protect the teachers and building from the kids or are they supposed to be protecting the children - as stated by the tv commentator and the lawyer.

[knitter4democracy]

36. Okay, I used to teach where we had a strict dress code.

There is no way in heck that kind of behavior would've been tolerated from any teacher, administrator, or policeman (they covered our dances). Not ever.

The others helping the cop seem to be teachers, from their size and what they do, but also horrifying is that no one walking by seems to notice or care. I would've taken one look at that and turned around to get the principal or asst. principal immediately.

My gut as a teacher says that the young man probably was talking back a bit (kids never like being reminded to tuck in their shirts), but there is never, ever, not in a million years any kind of reason for a violent reaction to any backtalk.

[mitchum]

37. I'm a special ed teacher and I don't know any cops who would do this...

or defend this action. They would be disgusted and appalled.

[Ken Burch]

39. Is it just me, or does that cop look like Joe The Plumber?

n/t.

[Ken Burch]

40. The sick thing is, there are several people in the YouTube comments section DEFENDING the cop

:puke:

[WileEcoyote]

46. Put in on a wing nut site and watch the crazies applaud

[BuyingThyme]

42. In addition to assault, battery, false arrest, and various violations against a minor,

we have to start bringing weapons charges against these pieces of shit. The people they attack know they're in danger because of the weapons, and the monsters know they have an advantage because of the weapons. That should be enough to bring weapons assault charges.

[Alcibiades]

43. What's the best treatment for a kid who has suffered brain

injury? Apparently, another brain injury.

Bully.

[defendandprotect]

44. Obviously, this officer is getting some instructions we need to find out about -- !!!

Something is seriously wrong with our policing -- police brutality ...

isn't "public service" -- it's brutality --

Quite an assault there - steroids driven officer?

Racist? Quite probably --

Amazingly fascist!!!

[jwirr]

49. I have a few questions - is this school private or public? Who

supervises this school? That bully of a police man looked like he hated that kid, was he hired by the school or is he regular police force? Have there been any consequences for the policeman?

What is the best way to bring pressure on this school/community for this kind of behavior?

[Clintonista2]

57. Apparently the officer is now in prison on rape and murder charges

http://groups.google.com/group/talk.politics.misc/browse_thread/thread/d51b63a51eb0973a

Cop who assaulted teen now in jail on rape charge; shot ex-wife's
new husband 24 times in 'self defense'

The officer who brutally beat special needs student Marshawn Pitts has
been identified as 38-year-old Christopher Lloyd, according to Chicago
Breaking News, which spoke to Lloyd's father.


The news agency reported that Lloyd is currently in jail after being
charged with the rape of a woman he knew and is facing a 20-year sentence
should he be convicted.


The Chicago Tribune-backed service adds: "A lawsuit filed by his ex-wife,
Nicole McKinney, last summer alleges he gunned down her new husband
Cornel McKinney in front of their children outside their home on the 6100
block of South Langley Avenue on Feb. 17, 2008."


An autopsy revealed Lloyd shot the man 24 times, the agency found. He was
not jailed at the time as Chicago police accepted his explanation that
the killing was in self-defense.

[robo50]

58. OK, Now I AM VERY confused. This cop assaulted the teen over a year

after killing someone by shooting the poor victim 24 times?

And this cop was allowed to be a cop in a school?

Someone make some sense out of this time-line, please!