re: #149 Joe Bacon đš
This mother should call the ACLU on this incidentâŚ
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 sheriffâs deputy punches him in the head while heâs handcuffed, reports correspondent Don Dahler.
His mother, Jessica Long, told CBSâ Charlotte affiliate WBTV that security officers and law enforcement escalated the situation instead of helping her son, whoâs been treated for mental illness in the past. âThey did the worst; they made it worse,â Long said.
The shocking video shows the moments Longâs 16-year-old son, Hayden, was tackled to the ground and punched twice in the head. âThey just immediately went for full-blown physical force,â said Long. âAnd these were big guys, and my sonâs, what, maybe 120 pounds.â
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 âlaw enforcementâ
kid with a gun is not the same as âkid wouldnt move when i told him toâ
patients can be stressed, confused, etc. thats why theyre at a hospital. being there is not criminal. medical reactions are not criminal