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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWATCH: New Jersey cops accused of 'beating' Latino child for not wearing a bicycle helmet
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/watch-new-jersey-cops-accused-of-beating-latino-child-for-not-wearing-a-bicycle-helmet/A civil rights group is calling for an investigation after police officers in Ridgewood, New Jersey were seen using force against a Latino boy who was not wearing a bicycle helmet.
Video of the incident began circulated on social media on Sunday.
So @Rpdnj protect & serve our youth by ensuring they ride bicycles with a helmet by beating them down & arresting them? attorney Karol Ruiz wrote on Twitter. This is a minor. He is Latino.
Video shared by Ruiz shows one officer grabbing the boys bicycle while another officer accosts him from behind. Within seconds, the boy is slammed to the ground and held there by the two grown officers.
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WATCH: New Jersey cops accused of 'beating' Latino child for not wearing a bicycle helmet (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2020
OP
Demsrule86
(68,736 posts)1. Awful...thanks!
triron
(22,028 posts)2. Not too atypical of some city cops in my experience.
They are the most prevalent source of thuggery around.
DFW
(54,465 posts)3. Ridgewood, New Jersey?
Where do these guys think they are, anyway? Philadelphia?
malaise
(269,239 posts)4. So let me see if I get this stright
The cops are beating kids for not wearing something that protects the kids from injury.
This is fucked up on steroids/
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)5. When you hire shitty people, you get shitty results. nt
MagickMuffin
(15,972 posts)6. How old was the kid?
Not sure if it states it in the article since I won't go to rawstory.
Sympthsical
(9,158 posts)8. I'd ballpark 13-14
That was ridiculously violent.
Blue Owl
(50,536 posts)7. K&R for exposure
bluestarone
(17,101 posts)9. KICK