How the police in America can inflict violence on someone’s child , yet if that person was to beat their child in this way they would be called abusers?
What are police who do this kind of thing called? Better yet what is the law called when things like this happen?..The mother says she wants answers but we need more than answers..What law gives the police the right to beat a teenager in this manner??
By Tom Sofield & Jeff Bohen November 17, 2013 0 Comments Read More →
Controversy Brewing Over Arrest, Tasering of 14-Year-Old-Boy
The photo of the boy that has circulated on social media. Credit: Facebook
The photo of the boy that has circulated on social media.
Credit: Facebook
Was excessive force used by Tullytown police when they tasered a 14-year-old last week?
That’s the question raised publicly via social media when an images of the bloodied and busied boy spread over the weekend.
Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said the actions of the borough police officer who fired a single taser barb toward the 14-year-old handcuffed boy as he ran toward busy Route 13 in an attempt to escape “seems appropriate.”
The mother of the boy, Marissa Sargent, and many on social media are calling into question whether the officer’s actions were “appropriate.”
“I know what my son did was wrong, but look at the picture, you think he deserved all that for retail theft?” she told LevittownNow.com exclusively on Saturday morning.
Sargent also alleged her son’s rights were violated because police officials “wouldn’t let me see him at the police station.”
“He’s a minor, I’m his parent, and I should’ve been able to talk to him while I was there” she said.
According to court paperwork first obtained by LevittownNow.com on Friday, the boy was taken into custody along with Jordan Gibson, 19, who has no fixed address, and another passenger, who was not identified in court papers. The arrest came after Tullytown police were called to the Walmart for the group of that were accused of shop lifting $31.93 worth of merchandise on Tuesday at about 2:30 p.m. The F-150 driven by Gibson allegedly sped at “high speeds” through the Levittown Town Center shopping and was then chased by police onto Route 13. Police said the F-150 struck the rear of a car before officers trapped in as it drove into the Route 13 construction zone and took the three retail theft suspects into custody.
Heckler said as the 14-year-old boy sat handcuffed in the back of patrol car he somehow managed to escape and ran for it. A Tullytown officer gave chase on foot, repeatedly yelled for the boy to stop and warned him he would use the taser, Heckler said. After the boy did not comply, Heckler said the officer fired his taser to stop the boy from running handcuffed into busy afternoon Route 13 traffic, where construction barriers would have likely trapped him in the lanes of travel.
“If he would have ran out there and been hit by a cement truck, you’d be hearing a hoo-ha about it,” Heckler said.
One question that will need to be answered is how in fact did a boy handcuffed in the back of a patrol car get free, Heckler said.
Sargent claims the boy was struck in the face by the taser barb and “punched” several times in the face also causing a nasal fracture as the minor and his uncle left Walmart and were approached by authorities. ”He’s going to need surgery now,” she said.
“A mystery shopper”, Sargent said, “saw Jordan take a BB gun from a case and put it into my son’s backpack.”
The alleged BB gun was not listed in the probable cause affidavit filed against Gibson.
Heckler said the boy was actually struck in the shoulder by one prong of the barb and the other stuck in his cheek.
“[The boy] probably turned around to see if the officer was chasing him when the barb caught his cheek,” the district attorney said. “With handcuffs there was nothing to break his fall as his legs gave out.”
The boy was taken to Lower Bucks Hospital and treated for his injuries. He was released a short time later and taken to the Bucks County Juvenile Detention Center in Doylestown Township a short time later.
The boy’s family said he was released from jail on Friday.
The image of the boy circulated on social media shows swelling and bloodied wounds. Heckler said the boy’s wounds looked considerably worse as swelling set in.
Heckler said the boy did not report police brutality when youth officials talked to him during the week. He added that it was his understanding the boy was on probation, however if the family does lodge a report “county detectives will look into it further.”
Officials confirmed Saturday night that no formal complaint has been filed by the boy or his family with the district attorney’s office or Tullytown police.
“The police department is aware of the misinformation that has been circulating on social media about an arrest made by Tullytown officers. A thorough review of the incident is underway,” Tullytown Police Chief Dan Doyle told LevittownNow.com via phone interview.
Sargent, when asked on Saturday if she was going to file a complaint against the Tullytown Police Department, said, “we’ll be doing that Monday.”
Call AL Sharpton and every human rights activist in America, this the highs of injustice done to a minor by the hands of people who is suppose to protect him and up hold the law.
Al Sharpton please morning bam but dah man deh can go sitdown…I want to know why they were fighting the kid
lady get a good lawyer ..newstations next all of dem,i don’t realy care much for al,,but u have other human rights activist
This mother better get a lawyer quickkkk, how in the hell you can hold him this young man for three days without his mother seeing him or finding out what happen, worst take him to the hospital for injuries and no parents was their. This is going to hit the fan, woman just be happy yuh still have him and they didn’t kill him.
I agree….MUMMY…GO GET U A TOP A DI LINE LAWYER
if you are reading yes get in contact with an attorney asap. but also if the lawyer hasn’t been in touch with al sharpton yet you should do so quickly.
the problem i have with black people is they have a negative impression of al sharpton which is something they have been conditioned by the majority yt media to have. black people sometimes are their worst enemies. al has been on the front lines when many of his own black critics have their asses firmly fastened on a seat pointing fingers. if you need someoen to make a big stink about what happened to your son al sharpton will not any of the black people who have been trained to dislike him.
anyway according to reports dem ketch him a tief a walmart:
“According to court paperwork first obtained by LevittownNow.com on Friday, the boy was taken into custody along with Jordan Gibson, 19, who has no fixed address, and another passenger, who was not identified in court papers. The arrest came after Tullytown police were called to the Walmart for the group of that were accused of shop lifting $31.93 worth of merchandise on Tuesday at about 2:30 p.m. The F-150 driven by Gibson allegedly sped at “high speeds” through the Levittown Town Center shopping and was then chased by police onto Route 13. Police said the F-150 struck the rear of a car before officers trapped in as it drove into the Route 13 construction zone and took the three retail theft suspects into custody.
Heckler said as the 14-year-old boy sat handcuffed in the back of patrol car he somehow managed to escape and ran for it. A Tullytown officer gave chase on foot, repeatedly yelled for the boy to stop and warned him he would use the taser, Heckler said. After the boy did not comply, Heckler said the officer fired his taser to stop the boy from running handcuffed into busy afternoon Route 13 traffic, where construction barriers ”
more here:
http://levittownnow.com/2013/11/17/controversy-over-arrest-tasering-of-14-year-old-boy/
ok so a di taser do di damage den? so he was handcuffed for his protection den a dat den waa se :nerd
dem say him drop pon him face cah him did inna cuffs
“[The boy] probably turned around to see if the officer was chasing him when the barb caught his cheek,” the district attorney said. “With handcuffs there was nothing to break his fall as his legs gave out.”
but wha ketch him nose den fakie?
so wait him drop and bruck di nose but if he fell on the barb as dem seh di barb wudda break him fall so him nose wudden break..he got punched in the head nose and mouth dem too damn lie
Dem fist accidentally clip the yute nose Metty. The likkle yute accidentally drop pan toppa dem balled up fist :nerd
di police dem a lie and dem know it
Bullshit!! they are trying to cover their ass, but this is far far from over. The parents weren’t informed and worst that was a rass beaten he get. Of course he wasn’t gonna cry police brutality while him still in reach where they can whoop his ass again. Mama lawyer up and where is the so called “bebe gun”?
Di yute inna flee mode, with cop giving chase and get tazered in his face????……hmmmmmm…..he must be an owl or di story nuh right.
mi sehhhhhhhhhhh dem lie and wicked mek a copy di story..di police is lying
Mamma…..nuh worry bout lawyer. Media,media,media. The lawyers will come knocking on your door.
Yuh read the part about if him did get hit by a” cement truck you would here yoo ho” so what happen when yuh officers beat a 14 year old and and all break him nose, we suppose to say thank god the taser stop him from getting hit by a truck. Yes man this just start, im just glad he is alive and not dead.
MET my comment nah show
dem say him drop pon him face cause him a wear cuffs
yea mi see it ina spam and show it..the side of his face also has an impact mark..so him turn over ina di barb den? :nerd
I would beat him den sue because him need a beating pan tap a dat fi di stealing
one way or the other dem a go inna hot water him a minor. yeah some a dem pickney yah gwan olda then any granny but dem cyan have him fi 3 days widdout him parents get fi see him as him madda say. unless me nuh know how de law set over deh.
yes dem is and I dont know why dem run come gi out statement so fast today and never line up di lies dem good
The mother do the right thing, she take it to social media. The picture alone will make them have to pay some money, cause him could a do what, police have zero right fi do him so. Big Big statement now and the DA just as bad a hope them have the video and everything from walmart line up.
Mi waa ask what him on probation for because if a fi dis incident dem must be kidding
it bad that is only when people do things like this aka the madda facebook campaign the system can start act professional when it a deal wid black people. why everyone a them never act like this before all the publicity? smh
Fake name they don’t give a shit about us, but their is always a plan good and bad, cause them set up social media to “catch us” and guess what social media is catching them also.
say dat again. choo choo
I don’t trust no police there is some good cops out there but let me tell u the rest ah dem ah straight thugs with badge I have my own personal story of how wicked the police can be hmm
Hide him from him madda fi three days cause him a heal. He was injures more than dat.
Not saying this was ok for police battering, But what was this kid doing in order for him to come in contact with the police? Where was his mother while he was doing what he was doing? Yes the police need to be disciplined for their wrong however these kids need be more responsible and stop putting theirselves into certain situations that could of been avoided.
that is true and maybe the mom was at work she said she did not approve of what he did but that gave them no right to beat him like that