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Sumpter, who attends Harlem Village Academies, was on her way to her first day at a marketing internship on Canal Street when two plainclothes cops spotted her using her student MetroCard at the 125th Street Station. They didnt approach me in a calm manner and they were very rude the whole time, she said. They were talking to me like they were trying to show they were superior to me. The DOE confirmed the card is valid until Aug. 17.
The cops demanded to know how old she was, but didn't believe her when she said she was 15she told them she didn't have ID because she had recently been mugged for her iPhone and wallet. She says a third cop joined them, and pressed her face to a wall while the other two cuffed her. Cops called her father, who vouched that she was 15; still not believing her, they called her mother, who rushed over with her daughter's birth certificate. Alexis was held in custody for 90 minutes altogether, and wasn't arrested or given a summons; but she did go to the hospital because the handcuffs caused swelling on her wrists.
http://gothamist.com/2012/08/04/teen_claims_she_was_handcuffed_by_a.php
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)she will have enough to pick a college of her choice for the full ride.
trueblue2007
(17,205 posts)HOPE SHE SUES THEM
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)I know, the cop-defenders that troll DU are going to spam this thread any second now.
Why aren't we thankful for cops? We need to lie back and enjoy the fucking of our freedoms!
leveymg
(36,418 posts)NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)A pasty, pimple-popping, scrawny little white troll who is literally undatable.
Oh, that's priceless. Iz them thar libbrulz takin' away ur freedums, Bubba?
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Fucking loser.
About as predictable as your idiotic racist comments.
When a racist is tortured, locked up or killed because it's suspected that he or she is a racist, then you can compare its use to words like "commie," "witch," or "heretic," you loser. When you actually face real persecution for being suspected of racism, and not just scrutiny, THEN you come call me and let me know that you finally have something to feel persecuted about.
You're fulla shit, bigot.
As for the cops:
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)There are other issues here which quite disgust me.
siligut
(12,272 posts)It seems like they wanted to make trouble for her. Questioning her Metrocard? Hand-cuffing a person over a bus pass concern? Even if it had been stolen, their behavior was hyperbolic.
Oh, yes, we can all sleep a lot sounder knowing these guys are on the job. WTF.
avebury
(10,952 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)The compensation would hurt only taxpayers. The only thing the dept will do to the officers involved is provide them training and possibly move them to a different district.
avebury
(10,952 posts)hurt taxpayers but then maybe they will start demanding that the NYPD stop acting the Gestapo. Police officers need to be held accountable for the times that the are abusive in asserting their authority. nt
Logical
(22,457 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,566 posts)lawsuit? And I'm sure glad the police are cracking down on the terrible crime of 'overage student card using'.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Usually, PDs carry insurance for police misconduct. Taxpayers won't pay. If insurance companies have to keep making payouts, they will pressure PD to reform if noone else can.