Education &North America &Police State/Big Brother admin on 08 Oct 2009 12:08 pm
Police Brutality: Cop Beats Special Needs Student!
A 15-year-old student at a special needs school got a lesson in police brutality.
Marshawn Pitts, who attends the Academy for Learning in the south suburb of Dolton, was slammed into a locker and thrown to the ground by an unidentified police officer as he was taking Pitts to the principals office for an untucked shirt.
A security camera installed in one of the schools halls caught the entire confrontation, which ended with a broken nose for Pitts, who lay motionless while the officer sat on him.
The fight allegedly broke out after the officer asked the student to tuck his shirt in, a policy enforced in the school.
The boys attorney, Ed Manzke, says the video will help Pitts cause.
Were fortunate that it [the beating] was caught on videotape, he told the Chicago Tribune. There is nothing [the officer] can say that could justify [the beating].
The video shows the police officer and the student walking down a hall. After saying something to a woman standing there, Pitts is violently pushed against the lockers by the officer, who then proceeds to pin the student to the floor.
As the fight starts, students in adjacent classrooms try to walk out of class, but are blocked by other teachers. Once the student is on the floor, two other men run up to the officer, but its unclear if they were trying to block or help him.
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on 09 Oct 2009 at 12:11 pm 1.GodIsSoGood2 said …
Gheez, why a special needs kid? This animal of a cop probably needed something to do to make him feel more of a man. Hey rogue cop, do you feel more of a man now, having beat up on a disabled kid? Maybe you can share your man ego with the creeps who helped you slam a helpless kid. What a wasted piece of crap, Why don’t these type individuals pick on someone their size? Take off the gun and badge and lets see how tough you really are sissy boy.