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"They tortured him"; police used Taser on special needs teen for breaking window before shooting him

CHICAGO (CBS) – It was a broken window complaint that led to a 14-year-old boy being shot by a police officer.

But before being shot, the teen had been repeatedly tasered. The intense pain caused the teen to run.

Dave Savini and the CBS 2 Investigators reveal a disturbing trend of who officers are more likely to use Tasers on.

looseanus ,

deek.chat

sugar_in_your_tea ,

Yeah, lock up those officers to make an example of them. This is unconscionable.

Jezebelley ,

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    EatYouWell ,

    And a transfer to another department with a promotion.

    PhlubbaDubba ,

    WHY SHOOT SOMEONE AFTER YOU TAZED THEM‽ That shit just immediately stops them doesn’t it‽

    corsicanguppy ,

    I think we’ve seen cases where mortal fear and the associated adrenalin causes people to actually get up to save their own lives from this painful threat and try to flee to safety. There’s no actual reasoning going on at that point, from what I hear. But the cops are in their own uncontrolled fight/flight mode, albeit the other side of the coin, and the target is still twitching/running and therefore not subdued. Bad cops escalate to another weapon.

    EatYouWell ,

    Read the article. He ran away after being tased, which, according to murderous thugs warrants lethal force .

    YeetPics ,
    @YeetPics@mander.xyz avatar

    The way cops run when there’s an actual threat we should be shooting these shit cops as well, fucking cowards.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    This sort of thing terrifies me. I don’t think my daughter, despite her various psychological issues, would ever get to a point that we would have to call the police, and she does have the privilege of being white, but it’s at least within the realm of possibility.

    I can’t think of anything that scares me more than the possibility of outliving my daughter. This poor boy’s parents…

    AngryCommieKender ,

    There’s one scenario I can think of that might be worse than outliving my own children. Outliving everyone. If I were to outlive any hypothetical children I might have, I’d be shattered, and probably depressed until I died. If I was a lone survivor of a nuclear or viral apocalypse, I’d probably go completely insane quite quickly. Permanent solitary confinement that has no hope of ending. Quite bleak.

    systemglitch ,

    I’m good at solitary, so I wouldn’t go insane, I’d become extremely lonely and suffer from prolonged depression, but carry on none the less.

    xantoxis ,

    Jesus what an awkwardly worded headline. Who’s being hired as journalists these days?

    How about

    “They tortured him”; police Tased, then shot a special needs teen who broke a window

    TheJims ,

    Child tortured prior to being executed extrajudicially by police.

    stillwater ,

    Headlines are done by editors.

    EatYouWell ,

    Who use ChatGPT now instead of taking a few minute to think.

    nilloc ,

    Naw the use google analytics to see what headlines brought the most ad click-through, then do a word replace.

    A_Random_Idiot ,

    Who’s being hired as journalists these days?

    AI

    UnspecificGravity ,

    AI does a better job than this. You can literally copy and paste this article into Chat GPT and ask it to write a headline and everything it spits out is better than this.

    MycoBro ,

    No one. It’s all fucking AI. It’s disgusting

    Halosheep ,

    Are you sure? I asked chatGPT to come up with some headlines and they’re all fine.

    1. “CBS Investigates Disturbing Trend: Police Shooting of 14-Year-Old Follows Taser Incident”
    1. “Exclusive: CBS 2 Uncovers Troubling Pattern in Police Taser Use on Teens”
    1. “Chicago Police Shooting Reveals Alarming Taser Use on Youth: CBS Investigation”
    1. “Disturbing CBS Report: 14-Year-Old Shot by Police After Taser Incident”
    1. “CBS Investigation Exposes Police Taser Use on Teens: Shooting of 14-Year-Old Sparks Outrage”
    Rootiest ,
    @Rootiest@lemmy.world avatar

    AI would have done much better.

    Proper grammatical structure is its bread and butter

    stopthatgirl7 ,
    @stopthatgirl7@kbin.social avatar

    a police disciplinary investigation into the incident didn't even begin until last month - a year and a half after the teen was tasered and shot.

    And this is why ACAB. If it takes the cops that long to even start looking into a problem, then they don’t see it as a problem.

    badbytes ,

    Civil servants are what they used to be.

    sugar_in_your_tea ,

    Nah, it’s just what they used to be called.

    EatYouWell ,

    Not at all. The current police model was created to capture run away slaves. They’ve always been a method of oppression, you just didn’t hear about it as much before the internet.

    Vengefu1Tuna ,

    ACAB, assigned crab at birth?

    Destraight ,

    It means: All Cops are Bad. I know I hate abbreviations too

    whatwhatwutyut ,

    It’s All Cops Are Bastards, not Bad

    LucasWaffyWaf ,

    Badstards

    AngryCommieKender ,

    I prefer ACAC. All Cops Are Criminals. Legally they are. All of them are at bare minimum accomplices to their colleagues crimes.

    QubitN ,

    I’m more of an ACDC guy myself…

    griD ,

    All Cats Are Beautiful :3

    urfavlaura ,

    1312

    SayJess ,
    @SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    They traumatized a child for what? Those fucking pigs applied pain compliance techniques on a child. Then they shot him. The pig that shot him said that he thought he was using the taser. They thought that using a taser on a child was acceptable.

    I cannot say on here what I think should happen. I do like the smell of bacon sizzling in the pan though.

    Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug ,

    It should be federal law that any police officer who can’t tell the difference between a taser and a gun should be fired and never again able to be a cop. That’s absolutely horseshit that we TRAIN these people and they can’t fucking tell the difference.

    EtherWhack ,
    @EtherWhack@lemmy.world avatar

    They are supposed to be on opposite hips also, so that excuse IMO is bunk anyway

    nilloc ,

    2 guesses which one they carry on their dominant side.

    TimLovesTech ,
    @TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social avatar

    For breaking a window, not assaulting someone with a deadly weapon, a broken window. Why wasn’t that a “where do you live? We need to speak with a parent or guardian” situation? Why are cops “arresting” a 14 yr old on hear say evidence from a lady that “has it on tape”, but never produced it to officers before they starting trying to cuff him?

    SheeEttin ,

    Not even for breaking a window. For being in the area where there was a broken windows reported.

    And when he ran, they shot him in the back.

    EatYouWell ,

    Well, in all fairness, it’s his fault for being black in the vicinity of a crime /s

    TimLovesTech ,
    @TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social avatar

    Just saw this article yesterday, the US is doomed.

    Police arrested more than 100 children at elementary schools during the 2020-2021 school year

    … those with disabilities such as ADHD or autism were still four times more likely to be arrested at school.

    A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in May 2023 would ban schools from using restraints such as handcuffs on children for disciplinary reasons, though it wouldn’t prevent police from making arrests entirely.

    In 2022, a bill designed to reduce school arrests, the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act, failed to pass.

    Above emphasis is mine, and reading it makes me nauseous.

    interceder270 ,

    There needs to be a special needs awareness campaign in the US.

    Too many times I’ve come across people in my adult life who should know better how to address people with special needs and they just don’t understand it.

    Salamendacious OP ,
    @Salamendacious@lemmy.world avatar

    I agree with you 100%

    MycoBro ,

    Do you really thing people are “unaware” or simply don’t give a fuck? Because if someone is not aware the world is FULL of people with “special needs”(such a patronizing euphemism.) then their problem is they are a fucking idiot who should not be anywhere near a gun. Fuck pigs soooooo much.

    prole ,

    Sure, that would be a nice thing to have. But let’s not even imply that this isn’t 100% on the cops. Anyone would have run away if they got tased and were still conscious/mobile. It’s human instinct.

    Noite_Etion ,
    @Noite_Etion@lemmy.world avatar

    We have reviewed the footage and concluded we didn’t do anything wrong. The officer is now on paid leave (nice vacation) and any damages caused will be paid for by the tax payers.

    We now consider the matter closed.

    Huge /s just in case.

    ACAB

    originalucifer ,
    @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

    reason # 32,286,232 why cops cannot be trusted with lethal weapons.

    disarm the police.

    BarrelAgedBoredom ,

    Abolish the police*

    originalucifer ,
    @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

    no, we just need to utilize the correct tools to get the identified job done without killing lots of people. thats not 'zero policing'

    BarrelAgedBoredom ,

    Abolish the police, retain 911, 999, etc. and divert the funds into a variety of different services such as mental health crisis units.

    For violent crimes I would propose a community defense group. These members would be from the area they serve and would be subordinate to a community council structure, their positions immediately revocable, with consistent rotation of staff as to avoid the accumulation of power. There’s plenty more to say on the structure of local defense but at the end of the day, police intervening on violent crimes in progress is rare (they often make things worse to boot) and these community defense members would likely not be used much. Also, cops don’t prevent violence.

    Traffic cops are pointless, inconsistent and have repeatedly resulted in unnecessary deaths. With the exception of catching intoxicated drivers (another thing cops are bad at), they do very little to help. Replace them with publicly funded road rangers and additional EMS staff to handle accidents, traffic management, breakdowns, etc.

    Meter maids are pointless, get rid of them. Bylaw enforcement criminalizes poverty, get rid of it. Or if the poors absolutely have to suffer more, have a code enforcement wing (which already exists in most cities) with slightly more responsibility.

    Cops shouldn’t be handing investigations as they are right now. Robberies, murder, rape, theft, you name it. If they’re not handed the perpetrator on a silver platter in the first day or two, they’re more likely to drop it than solve it. There should be an independent body tasked with investigating crime. The community defense group can serve warrants and make arrests.

    Modern police have too much power, perverse incentives, a terrible history and the broader systemic pressures that maintain their existence are a black mark on society. They need to be torn down and built back from the ground up in a decentralized manner, with a complete shift in focus. Replace them with groups that are actually meant to protect and serve, with unhindered accountability to their community

    queermunist ,
    @queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

    Traffic cops are pointless, inconsistent and have repeatedly resulted in unnecessary deaths. With the exception of catching intoxicated drivers (another thing cops are bad at), they do very little to help. Replace them with publicly funded road rangers and additional EMS staff to handle accidents, traffic management, breakdowns, etc.

    Alternatively, abolish private car ownership.

    BarrelAgedBoredom ,

    After a shit load of public infrastructure development, sure. The proliferation of cars was a horrible mistake

    EatYouWell ,

    It wasn’t a mistake, it was intentional. The auto manufacturers killed the railroad system to make selling cars more profitable.

    KoboldCoterie ,
    @KoboldCoterie@pawb.social avatar

    You sound like someone who has only ever lived in a city. I grew up in a fairly rural area where getting groceries from anywhere other than a little corner store (equivalent to a convenience store) was a 30-45 minute drive. How would you propose handling that without private car ownership? Are we just going to abolish living outside of suburbs, too? Or are we going to fund bus service to all of the little podunk towns in the middle of nowhere?

    queermunist ,
    @queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

    I live in rural Iowa, the closest grocery store is 15 miles away. I have, in fact, ridden by ebike to do that a few times. We also actually have a rural bus service out here for the county, so it’s not like it’s an impossible idea for every rural county to have the same thing.

    But ultimately, little podunk towns don’t really need to exist and should mostly be resettled into the cities anyway. It’s just inertia that keeps them alive. Only rural farm, forestry, mining, fishing, and rural recreation workers really need to live out here and really only for a portion of the year. I certainly don’t need to live in the middle of fucking nowhere and I hate it.

    KoboldCoterie ,
    @KoboldCoterie@pawb.social avatar

    You might hate it, but a lot of people strongly prefer that sort of lifestyle and would hate living in a city. Are you proposing we force everyone to conform to your preferences?

    I agree that the current reliance on private vehicles is unsustainable, but rather than just abolishing private vehicle ownership, why not put resources into developing and promoting smaller, more reasonable personal transportation? e-bikes are neat and all but let’s see you pitch them to people living in northern Canada and see how long it takes them to laugh you out of the room.

    queermunist ,
    @queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

    I’m proposing we force everyone to live efficiently so climate change doesn’t kill billions of people and we don’t waste trillions of dollars on redundant infrastructure. There so much fucking waste involved in keeping these little towns alive. If they don’t like it, they can also become one of the essential rural workers that can continue to live out here.

    Private vehicle ownership needs to be abolished because it creates a ridiculous excess of redundant machines and infrastructure for no reason. Always needing wider roads, more road maintenance, more gas stations, more cars and trucks, more power lines, more suburbs, more and more and more extra waste that makes life worse overall for the rest of humanity.

    RubberStuntBaby ,

    You really think that amateurs with very little experience or training are a good way to deal with violent crime?

    Klear ,

    No, that’s why they want to abolish them.

    BarrelAgedBoredom ,

    In the US, most police academies are 6 weeks. We have amateurs with very little training performing that job right now. It’s going terribly. I think it goes without saying that anyone who’s performing community defense roles would need thorough training and vetting before being allowed to serve

    EatYouWell ,

    I say let former military members without PTSD do it. They already have a great deal of training in firearms safety and de-escalation.

    BarrelAgedBoredom ,

    That wouldn’t be a bad idea so long as they’re vetted like everyone else and don’t get in solely on their service. There’s a not insignificant amount of ex-military people in the police force as it is so I’m hesitant to say yes outright. But that wouldn’t be my call anyway in the system I’m proposing

    MycoBro ,

    Lol. Buck ass wild.

    prole ,

    Wait, is this a joke? Are you aware of how little training is required to become a cop in the US?

    Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug ,

    No

    SnotFlickerman ,
    @SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    This just in: Cops turn out to be violent thugs attracted to a job where they face no consequences for being violent thugs.

    Salamendacious OP ,
    @Salamendacious@lemmy.world avatar

    And now to Skip Johnson with sports

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