September 17, 201511 yr Nine police California officers arrested a black teenager and slammed him onto concrete while apparently arresting him for jaywalking. Witnesses said a Stockton police officer ordered the teenager to sit down, but the teen instead continued walking toward a waiting bus, reported RT. Bystander Edgar Avendaño begins recording at that point, showing the officer leaning hard on the teen, who is seated on a brick landscaping wall, and then striking the teen with his baton. The officer then uses the baton to pin the teen’s ankles against his body as bystanders urge him to stop. “It’s a kid!” a bystander yells. “Get off him, he’s been jaywalking. Leave him alone, he didn’t do anything wrong.” Police Brutality California: It Takes 9 Stockton Officers To Arrest 1 Teen For Jaywalking [VIDEO] Edited September 17, 201511 yr by Jumper_Dad R(8)
September 17, 201511 yr I wouldn't call that "beating", but it definitely looked excessive. Would like to know what happened that led up to where the video starts.
September 17, 201511 yr I didn't see a beating. Actually, other than debating whether you really want to pursue a jaywalker, I don't see an issue with how it was handled. The kid wouldn't comply. They took him to the ground , not violently, and got him cuffed. The other 8 then made sure the crowd didn't lost their collective mind.
September 17, 201511 yr No clue what happened before the video so.... Once the officer had it in his mind that he was going to cite the young man, what would have been a better way to handle it when the young man wouldn't "turn around?" How long should police allow someone to defy orders? For those bothered, tell me which part of this scenario that we can actually see bothers you and how it SHOULD have been handled.
September 17, 201511 yr If I'm Chief I would ask the officer why he decided to pursue a jaywalker. Does he always write jaywalkers? Is a jaywalker worth the potential problem that we saw? Yes, it's a violation but not all violates are worth the potential downside.
September 17, 201511 yr Why is the kids resisting? I think the missing video would help us answer that.
September 17, 201511 yr For those bothered, tell me which part of this scenario that we can actually see bothers you and how it SHOULD have been handled. The fact that it escalated to this because of JAY WALKING. I agree he wasn't beaten. Not even close.
September 17, 201511 yr I agree a jaywalker isn't worth all of that. But when he stopped him he didn't think all of that would happen. The police can't just walk away when they stop someone for something minor, every time the person refuses to cooperate.
September 17, 201511 yr The fact that it escalated to this because of JAY WALKING. I agree he wasn't beaten. Not even close. Once he called him over and he refused, should he have just let him walk on?
September 17, 201511 yr The fact that it escalated to this because of JAY WALKING. I agree he wasn't beaten. Not even close. Agreed on the need for the initial stop. I'd imagine Stockton has bigger issues to handle.
September 17, 201511 yr For those bothered, tell me which part of this scenario that we can actually see bothers you and how it SHOULD have been handled. IMO, there's absolutely zero need for 5 officers to throw him on the ground to cuff him. That's beyond excessive.
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