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Dangerman2/17/2020 8:53:45 am PST

re: #149 Joe Bacon 🌹

This mother should call the ACLU on this incident…

A North Carolina mother is blasting law enforcement officers for their violent treatment of her son outside an emergency room during a mental health crisis. The teen is expected in court today facing four charges from the incident, including felony malicious conduct.

In surveillance video of the scene, which happened in December in Lincolnton, outside Charlotte, security guards are seen tackling the teenager. At another point, a sheriff’s deputy punches him in the head while he’s handcuffed, reports correspondent Don Dahler.

His mother, Jessica Long, told CBS’ Charlotte affiliate WBTV that security officers and law enforcement escalated the situation instead of helping her son, who’s been treated for mental illness in the past. “They did the worst; they made it worse,” Long said.

The shocking video shows the moments Long’s 16-year-old son, Hayden, was tackled to the ground and punched twice in the head. “They just immediately went for full-blown physical force,” said Long. “And these were big guys, and my son’s, what, maybe 120 pounds.”

cbsnews.com

cops at hospitals
cops at schools
these events are inevitable because they refuse to recognize the nature of the people visiting hospitals and schools

they are patients and students

the circumstances of the relationship are specific and special
except in obvious and extreme cases the first reaction should never be ‘law enforcement’

kid with a gun is not the same as ‘kid wouldnt move when i told him to’
patients can be stressed, confused, etc. thats why theyre at a hospital. being there is not criminal. medical reactions are not criminal