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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:14 PM Mar 2016

School Cop Destroys 15-yo Student’s Face After He Tried to Call his Mom During Lunch

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-destroys-15-yo-students-face-wanted-cell-phone-call-mom/

Last week, Stephanie Petrillo’s 15-year-old son Joe was dropped off at their home — battered, bloodied, and with a fractured orbital socket. His mother says she was given no reason for the drop off other than Joe suffered the injuries after he fell on the floor while being restrained by officer Shawn O’Mara of the Gates police department....

According to Petrillo, last Friday morning, Joe, who was at school on his lunch break, asked the school’s principal, Mary Vito, for his cellphone. In high schools, it is not uncommon for students to have to leave their phones in the office every morning.

While he was on lunch, Joe merely wanted to call his mother. However, principal Vito was not going to allow him to do that, so the two went back and forth several times. At this point, officer O’Mara stepped in to force Joes’ compliance...

“He grabbed my son, who is maybe one hundred and twenty pounds, like a bean pole, and he slams him on the floor, handcuffs him and then starts punching my son in his face,” Petrillo said.



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School Cop Destroys 15-yo Student’s Face After He Tried to Call his Mom During Lunch (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2016 OP
No more police brutality Hydra Mar 2016 #1
Probably something to do with fear of superpredators Fumesucker Mar 2016 #3
May cause side effects. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #5
He's not even a superpredator! KamaAina Mar 2016 #8
Well, if we are going to get all bogged down in details Fumesucker Mar 2016 #9
I'm sure the principal grabbed his own phone and filmed it. Blus4u Mar 2016 #2
update at the blog: chief says justified, because the kid threatened to punch the officer muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 #4
Why can't a kid call his mother? nt LiberalElite Mar 2016 #6
Because the oligarchy demands adherence to the rules enforced on others to never question RKP5637 Mar 2016 #26
I have always appreciated that you get it. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #36
Thanks!!! I'm absolutely amazed at how many Americans seem clueless about what is going RKP5637 Mar 2016 #37
But regardless of whether he can or can't... Orrex Mar 2016 #38
absolutely disgusting and the kid's face dana_b Mar 2016 #7
Even if the police thought it was "justified" ... surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #10
If there's film, release it! Not releasing it is suspicious.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #11
I wouldn't take a cop's word for the color of the sky... gregcrawford Mar 2016 #18
I have two good friends who's sons are cops. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #25
Yep, Trump is working on his fascist stormtroopers. Cops make a great recruiting ground. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2016 #27
I wa a pot-smoking hippie... gregcrawford Mar 2016 #34
The cop is that scared of a 120-lb kid? Chemisse Mar 2016 #12
Exactly. Not using any judgment. Ilsa Mar 2016 #17
I'll withold judgement until I hear the other side of the story. virgogal Mar 2016 #13
Of course. Is the pig all fucked up in the face? Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #28
Yes, of course. There could be a perfectly reasonable explanation kcr Mar 2016 #35
It was his lunch break. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #14
There is no possible justification for this. yardwork Mar 2016 #15
+1 ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #19
Thugs should never be given a badge and a gun. Rex Mar 2016 #16
It takes an enormous amount of force to fracture an orbital socket greymouse Mar 2016 #20
That boy should of had a gun. The Jungle 1 Mar 2016 #21
Like this? Vote Hillary to continue.. Vote Bernie to stop. nt phazed0 Mar 2016 #22
Horse shit! leftofcool Mar 2016 #23
How so? What policy has HRC put out to handle Policing in this country? phazed0 Mar 2016 #29
Why the only too for SRO's, if at all, is physical security nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #24
Get attorney...asap. File charges. Make them show the video. libdem4life Mar 2016 #30
The name "Petrillo" is Italian. KamaAina Mar 2016 #32
True. But he still doesn't "look like" your standard Caucasian, unfortunately. libdem4life Mar 2016 #33
This is no cop, just an asshole with a gun and no brain. His family must be so proud Augiedog Mar 2016 #31

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
1. No more police brutality
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:17 PM
Mar 2016

I don't know why everyone thought letting them get this invasive and pervasive in society was the answer to anything.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
3. Probably something to do with fear of superpredators
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:26 PM
Mar 2016

And a need for society to bring them to heel.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
9. Well, if we are going to get all bogged down in details
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:16 PM
Mar 2016

You must be a member of the reality based community or something.

I'm pretty sure there's help for that these days.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)
4. update at the blog: chief says justified, because the kid threatened to punch the officer
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 05:51 PM
Mar 2016
According to Gates, NY Police Chief James VanBrederode, his cop Shawn O'Mara did punch 15-year old student Joe but only after the 15-year old threatened to punch his officer.

In other words, Chief VanBrederode thinks it's ok for a man more than twice the size of a skinny kid, to beat his face to a pulp.

Chief VanBrederode says video surveillance footage from officer O'Mara's bodycam proves that officer Shawn O'Mara was justified in punching the student.

Of course Chief VanBrederode is refusing to release that video.

http://davyv.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/gates-ny-cop-beats-high-school-student.html?m=1

And it points out that they did not take the victim to hospital, though any fool could see he needed checking out (photo at link)

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
26. Because the oligarchy demands adherence to the rules enforced on others to never question
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:46 PM
Mar 2016

authority and this is a training session, indoctrination. That's how bad this F'en country has become IMO.

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
37. Thanks!!! I'm absolutely amazed at how many Americans seem clueless about what is going
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 02:13 PM
Mar 2016

on in this country. So many in this country have drunk the Kool-Aid and vote in those least likely to serve them well. It's worse than Joseph Goebbels. We live in such an oligarchical authoritarian country and so many are brainwashed to think all is well. It's depressing.


Orrex

(63,208 posts)
38. But regardless of whether he can or can't...
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 02:32 PM
Mar 2016

What made this fucked up stormtrooper think it was a good idea to maul this child?

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
7. absolutely disgusting and the kid's face
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:03 PM
Mar 2016

looks like he has been in a UFC fight. His wrists are badly bruised too from the hand cuffs. He could have had a serious head injury but they got him no help. A nurse at a school does not count. They usually aren't even allowed to touch kids.

The Police chief won't release the video but he says that the kid threatened to hit the cop. I don't care!! He didn't touch the cop and the cop had NO right to hurt this CHILD!

He should be suspended immediately pending investigation by and outside and objective office.

surrealAmerican

(11,360 posts)
10. Even if the police thought it was "justified" ...
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:21 PM
Mar 2016

... that kid needed medical attention, not just a ride home.

... and, no, I don't think it was justified.

mountain grammy

(26,620 posts)
11. If there's film, release it! Not releasing it is suspicious..
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:01 PM
Mar 2016

Sorry, I won't take the cop's word on this.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
18. I wouldn't take a cop's word for the color of the sky...
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:15 PM
Mar 2016

... and my son's a cop who married into a tribe of racist Republicans and guzzled a gallon of the Kool Aid. We don't agree on much.

mountain grammy

(26,620 posts)
25. I have two good friends who's sons are cops.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:40 PM
Mar 2016

but, fortunately, they've remained sane. Both are for Bernie. Guess that's the advantage of being raised by pot smoking hippies.. Sorry about you're kid. Hope someday he comes to his senses. My friends tell me their kids say a lot of cops support Trump.. wow, that's scary!

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
34. I wa a pot-smoking hippie...
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 10:39 PM
Mar 2016

... during the Summer of Love (1967) I worked in Park Square in Boston when the city sponsored daily concerts on Boston Common. I would eat my lunch and listen to Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, etc. FOR FREE! Dealers would stroll up and down Charles Street singing, "Smack, acid, speed." Good times...

Chemisse

(30,811 posts)
12. The cop is that scared of a 120-lb kid?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:07 PM
Mar 2016

So what if the kid threatened to punch him. The cop couldn't counter a swing? The cop couldn't restrain him minus the throwing him on the floor and punching?

These power-thirsty cops make me sick. Only cool-headed and specially trained cops should be allowed in schools.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
17. Exactly. Not using any judgment.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:14 PM
Mar 2016

Just using a "threat" from an immature kid as justification for beating him.

Yeah, I'd get a lawyer anyway.

kcr

(15,315 posts)
35. Yes, of course. There could be a perfectly reasonable explanation
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 10:45 PM
Mar 2016

for why a student ended up with smashed facial bones. And then casually dropped off at his house afterwards. No biggie.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
14. It was his lunch break.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:12 PM
Mar 2016



Why should he not be allowed to use his phone on his own time? Instead this minor was brutally assaulted by a goon with a badge while handcuffed and he was denied medical attention.

And why is he working at a school if he is such a danger to children?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
16. Thugs should never be given a badge and a gun.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:13 PM
Mar 2016

There was no reason to hurt her son. File charges and try to get the piggy fired is my advice. Cops should try to weed out pigs.

greymouse

(872 posts)
20. It takes an enormous amount of force to fracture an orbital socket
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:16 PM
Mar 2016

I was talking to my doctor about this just a few weeks ago after I fell and landed on my face and she was telling me the various things that happen in facial injuries. The cop must have smashed the kid's face into the floor. Then not to get him medical attention was inexcusable.

 

phazed0

(745 posts)
29. How so? What policy has HRC put out to handle Policing in this country?
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:56 PM
Mar 2016

You tell me. Cause the only thing we can get from her so far is an acknowledgement of the problem.. and their acknowledgement that they (Bill) are largely to blame.

Feb 24th - Salon - SC Town Hall: Sanders calls for fighting structural racism; Clinton calls for white people to be "honest"

Clinton simply said “we have to figure out how we're going to life up the good practices, reform policing, provide more support.”


That's nice, but how?


March 2, 2016 The Post Crescent: How primary plays out in Wisconsin
“We need to restore the trust that has been lost between law enforcement and the people they serve,” Clinton said, citing the April 2014 death of Milwaukee's Dontre Hamilton by a city police officer.


That's nice, but how?

Feb 11th - Milwauikee Journal Setinel: Clinton, Sanders debate health care, police shootings
“We have to restore policing that will actually protect the communities that police officers are sworn to protect,” Clinton said.


That's nice, but how!?

See.. simply spouting out the problem and that "we need to do something", doesn't actually fix the problem.

Then we can point to just Jul 18, 2015 - WTVR-TV: How Bill Clinton Says he made mass incarceration issue worse
“We will finally be able to say, loudly and clearly, that for repeat, violent, criminal offenders: three strikes and you're out. We are tired of putting you back in through the revolving door,” Hillary Clinton said in 1994.

“I signed a bill that made the problem worse,” Clinton told an audience at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s annual meeting in Philadelphia. “And I want to admit it.”


Everyone back then knew it was a failed policy but 'for-purchase politics' won... and now we have a Prison Industrial Complex and jail more people than anyone else on Earth. Horse Shit? Ya, it's all over your face... wipe it from your eyes and you can see, otherwise, have fun rolling in it.
 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
24. Why the only too for SRO's, if at all, is physical security
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:26 PM
Mar 2016

Of the property. They should have nada to do with students.

 

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)
30. Get attorney...asap. File charges. Make them show the video.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:58 PM
Mar 2016

Maybe not a "superpredator", but appears not to be a white Caucasian.

But then, when you see the headline, one almost assumes that to be the case. I don't know whether it just doesn't happen...abusing a white kid...maybe it's not reported? But it always seems to be the case.

LEO abuse...POC or non-Caucasian seems to be on the receiving end.

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