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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Beaten like I was an adult': Police violence against kids spark demand for use of force laws
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/beaten-i-was-adult-police-violence-against-kids-spark-demand-n1265535The recent deaths of two teenagers at the hands of the police Adam Toledo, 13, in Chicago and MaKhia Bryant, 16, in Columbus, Ohio illustrate a glaring omission in policing practices and oversight.
Policies intended to stop police killings and the use of excessive force on civilians say little about interactions with children. This lack of oversight applies in schools across the country, where more officers have been called upon to patrol the halls, as well as on the streets. There are no sweeping federal laws regulating the police use of force on 17 year olds and under, and most law enforcement agencies do not have clear protocols on the matter.
Policies seem to apply to both adults and juveniles equally looking at factors like the threat posed by the subject, the physical size of the subject, how theyre reacting to the police officer, said Jessica Huff, of the University of Cincinnatis Center for Police Research and Policy. And a lot of those things arent necessarily age-specific.
Organizers, academics and advocates have a range of suggestions on what should be done overall: Some say police need child-specific training, while others, including those who want to abolish the police, say that, short of full abolition, there should be fewer police encounters with minors and stricter legislation overseeing it. In most jurisdictions, police officers are directed to use their own discretion, said Christina Quaranta, executive director of the Connecticut Justice Alliance, an advocacy group.
Policies intended to stop police killings and the use of excessive force on civilians say little about interactions with children. This lack of oversight applies in schools across the country, where more officers have been called upon to patrol the halls, as well as on the streets. There are no sweeping federal laws regulating the police use of force on 17 year olds and under, and most law enforcement agencies do not have clear protocols on the matter.
Policies seem to apply to both adults and juveniles equally looking at factors like the threat posed by the subject, the physical size of the subject, how theyre reacting to the police officer, said Jessica Huff, of the University of Cincinnatis Center for Police Research and Policy. And a lot of those things arent necessarily age-specific.
Organizers, academics and advocates have a range of suggestions on what should be done overall: Some say police need child-specific training, while others, including those who want to abolish the police, say that, short of full abolition, there should be fewer police encounters with minors and stricter legislation overseeing it. In most jurisdictions, police officers are directed to use their own discretion, said Christina Quaranta, executive director of the Connecticut Justice Alliance, an advocacy group.
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'Beaten like I was an adult': Police violence against kids spark demand for use of force laws (Original Post)
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2021
OP
Kimberly Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright a little more than two weeks ago.
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2021
#2
In a white supremacist system like the police, changing up who populates that system makes little
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2021
#4
mopinko
(70,120 posts)1. wonder if anything would change if you required a female officer.
not to indulge in stereotypes, but i have seen studies about the difference between how women do the job and how men do it.
seems a more appropriate form of policing.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)2. Kimberly Potter shot and killed Daunte Wright a little more than two weeks ago.
Some studies find that having female cops could reduce cop violence. Others don't find a difference at all.
mopinko
(70,120 posts)3. there are, of course, bad female cops.
this seems like the flip side of- not all men.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)4. In a white supremacist system like the police, changing up who populates that system makes little
difference. The system itself must change or be abolished.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)5. Kick.