In today's episode of what the fuck were the police thinking, cops draw guns on and detain 11 year old girl

[fabulouslyghetto]

give you three guesses what color she is

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/michigan-police-open-investigation-after-child-detained/ar-BBGEMPz

A Michigan police department has opened an internal investigation after officers held an 11-year-old girl at gunpoint, handcuffed her and put her in the back of a cruiser.

The incident happened Wednesday as the girl was leaving her Grand Rapids home to go to a store, WOOD-TV reported . Police said officers were at the home looking for the girl's 40-year-old aunt, who was suspected of stabbing a relative nearby, but didn't find her.

Common mistake, I mistake my 12 year old niece for her 37 year old mother all the fucking time. "Oh Jada that's you? Sorry, I thought you were your mother who is a foot and a half taller and 95 lbs bigger."

 

[DantheManFL]

It's even more ludicrous than that:

"Grand Rapids police, who have begun an internal investigation into their handling of the incident, said officers were at the Hodges home searching for the child’s aunt, Carrie Manning, 40, who is white."

Easy mistake.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cops-handcuff-11-year-old-girl-gunpoint_us_5a2ff13ee4b078950283d6bc?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

 

[peeonme]

The sad thing is that I don't find it shocking. The shooting of unarmed citizens should be enough to cause some sort of revolt.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

It's even more ludicrous than that:

"Grand Rapids police, who have begun an internal investigation into their handling of the incident, said officers were at the Hodges home searching for the child’s aunt, Carrie Manning, 40, who is white."

Easy mistake.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cops-handcuff-11-year-old-girl-gunpoint_us_5a2ff13ee4b078950283d6bc?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

 

[Cormac135]

How very sad, what's the world coming to.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

The sad thing is that I don't find it shocking. The shooting of unarmed citizens should be enough to cause some sort of revolt.

Honestly I think America's revolt days are over. Once upon a time when shit sucked we turnt the fuck up, we started fuckin shit up and tearin shit down until we got our way. Now everybody's too busy taking selfies and keeping up with the Kardashians. Life is borderline comfortable so people just don't feel a need to rock the boat and certainly don't have the moral conviction or empathy to do so for anyone else's behalf.

 

[HoodedRat]

WTF! They were looking for a 40 year old white woman and they arrest an 11 year old black girl at gunpoint?
Fucking hell, that's mental.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

WTF! They were looking for a 40 year old white woman and they arrest an 11 year old black girl at gunpoint?
Fucking hell, that's [STRIKE]mental[/STRIKE] America's police system.

Corrected for accuracy.

 

[NotHardUp1]

What happened to the Mesa Murder thread?

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

What happened to the Mesa Murder thread?

Your guess is as good as mine

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

At this point I can’t accept the fact of just “bad apples” and “good cops.” If other police officers aren’t doing anything about this kind of behavior and instead just trying to protect other officers when this does happen, then they’re all just accomplices.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

At this point I can’t accept the fact of just “bad apples” and “good cops.” If other police officers aren’t doing anything about this kind of behavior and instead just trying to protect other officers when this does happen, then they’re all just accomplices.

a field of lightbulbs just illuminated. although, to be fair, there HAVE been officers who have been retaliated against for speaking out about misconduct, everything from harassment to firing and in a few cases "mysterious" death. but in general, yeah, you can only let this happen so many times before you're practically an accomplice.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

I understand fear from the very apparent gang mentality from Officers that are bad, but if Officers themselves don’t come out themselves against this stuff then it’s going to be even tougher to even get things changed where they need to be.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

I understand fear from the very apparent gang mentality from Officers that are bad, but if Officers themselves don’t come out themselves against this stuff then it’s going to be even tougher to even get things changed where they need to be.

that's the problem, it's not just peers they have to worry about it's their superiors, it's easy to say "well just speak out about it" when you're not the one whose job and ability to support your family is in jeopardy. just being objective here.

our responsibility as citizens is to urge lawmakers to create better protection for officers who take a stand, as well as penalizing departments for retaliation.

 

[eastofeden]

I always redirect people to Ferguson Missouri....

I FIRMLY believe that the people who LIE on camera should be held accountable and FIRED. If anything is ever gonna change..these fucking liars need to be held accountable for their words and actions....

I heard the Ferguson Officers swear they weren't racist..and yet they had cartoons of Michelle Obama in a HS Reunion of Monkeys and their racist shit going around the station as a joke in the years prior....

...and no one even protested them?

If anyone sent me that fucking cartoon...I would have their ass in a sling. They would HATE me when I was done. It isn't funny...or a joke. It is SICK...

So why do those fuckers get to lie on camera and no one holds them responsible for their lie.

If I was a reporter..I would be in their face.

I would demand they explain it..and don't tell me it is a joke. I want you to own your fucking racism because THAT is why you did what you did...PERIOD! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

If people can't own their shit...NOTHING will ever change. We let liars off the hook way too easily...and now we have the biggest one in the WH.

 

[Zeno Lorea]

This would be shocking if it happened in Bolivia or Belarus or Burundi or Bangladesh, but I'm afraid I have come to expect this level of incompetence from any police department anywhere in the USA from Boston to Birmingham and Bakersville.

 

[Thad1527]

My first thought was, "She was dealing drugs." Because kids do favors for relatives and neighbors.

I was wrong. But my mistake hurt nobody. The policeman's mistake, on the other hand, hurt a good kid.

There ARE good American policemen and police departments. Look for the ones with women leaders, for starters.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

My first thought was, "She was dealing drugs." Because kids do favors for relatives and neighbors.

I'm not even going to touch that one.

 

[nyctopgam]

Honestly I think America's revolt days are over. Once upon a time when shit sucked we turnt the fuck up, we started fuckin shit up and tearin shit down until we got our way. Now everybody's too busy taking selfies and keeping up with the Kardashians. Life is borderline comfortable so people just don't feel a need to rock the boat and certainly don't have the moral conviction or empathy to do so for anyone else's behalf.

I agree. I don't know what happened. Or perhaps the period of revolt was the exception and today is the normal.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

On tomorrow's episode of WTFWTPT: Masked cops take a handcuffed man around the corner so they can beat the shit out of him

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/vv...-taking-man-around-building-to-beat-tase-him/

Obviously the handcuffed man is black (what other color would he be?) and I know your first thought is going to be "He shouldn't have been resisting, he shouldn't have struck an officer", but the video begins with him being calmly walked out of a store and standing next to a police car, the entire duration of this part of the video everyone is calm and he's complying, not at all resisting. The cops take him around the corner out of view of passersby who are recording (why?) and moments later you hear him crying out in pain, by the time the camera lady catches up three officers have him on the ground with the tazer out.