Jerry Large is a columnist with the Seattle Times. He posted a thoughtful commentary on the assault, by a police officer, of a 15 year old girl that had been taken into custody. (See previous post.) His article mainly deals with how adults should react to teens who are acting out, but for those of you looking for connections to constitutional prinicples, this case certainly deals with the "rule of law" and "due process." Can you explain how?
No excuse to lose cool with teen
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I think what this police officer did was very unconstitutional, this is violating the due of process law, which states "A requirement stated in the fifth and fourteenth amendments that treatment by state and federal governments in the matter of life, liberty, or property of individuals be reasonable, fair, and follow known rules and procedures" After reading this article and having seen he video first hand I can say that this police officer was not being reasonable or fair. I can understand that teenagers are hard to deal with, let alone having to deal with one that is throwing her shoe at you but as a police officer you should know that you are going to have to deal with that on a daily basis and if does not have the patience or will power then he should not being doing that type of job. And to think that I should feel protected by police officers like this. It’s ludicrous.
The officer actions were TOTALLY out of hand and unnecessary. If he is an officer and deals with teens, he should know that they can get lippy and have an attitude so he should know how to react to these things. And for him to actually grab this girl by the hair and beat her up is uncalled for. He had NO reason to do that, no matter what she said. If he is a police officer he needs to learn how to control his temper and he should know how to deal iwth this situation. And the fact that the other officer came in there to help hold the girl down, even tho she wasnt fighting back shows that there is something wrong with the police force. That they are abusing their power and think they can get away with this. This is just one case caught on video, so who knows how many other situations there are like this one. A movie recently came out about a police officer who abused his authority and badge, and would unnecessarily treat harshly his suspects. I think this is a growing problem in the US and something needs to be done about it. Because if we can't even trust the police to handle situations well, then who can we trust?
The officer was completely out of hand. There is no need to punch her in the head, leap on top of her or pick her up off the ground by her hair. His actions were very unconstitutional. The constitution states that treatment by state and federal government is supposed to be fair and and follow the rules and procedures. Doing what he did is definitely the opposite of this. He deserves to be charged and found guilty.
Officers should know how to react with a teenager when they get an attitude. This officer shouldnt of have slammed the teen into the wall, throw her to the floor, punched her twice in the head, and grab her by the hair. This shows that officer dont know how to react with a teenager. What he did was wrong. This time it was video tape there could be more officers out there that do the same thing. People knowing what happen they wont even trust polce officers know. Who are we going to trust know if we cant trust the officers?
This officer has anger problems and doesnt know how to react with a teen that has an attitude. what he done was wrong and he should be punish for that. Officers dont have the right to beat a teenager like that only becasue she got a attitude with the officer. Officer should know hoe some teenagers are they should know how to control them not by beating them. There isnt trust no more with officers. This officer should get punish and get alot of years in prison.
~Joanna Izazaga~
I think what the officer did was out of control. It was also unconstitutional because it violates the due of process law. This law says "A requirement stated in the fifth and fourteenth amendments that treatment by state and federal governments in the matter of life, liberty, or property of individuals be reasonable, fair, and follow known rules and procedures". What he did was not right. I think the officer should have known that teenagers like to talk back. The officer should have done something else if the teenager talked back because his actions were too much. Most teenagers have strong emotions and the teenager in this story had family problems. I think the officer should be punished for his actions. The officer has no excuse to lose his cool with the teen.
-Spencer Truong
I think the actions of the police officer were beyond out of control, however I can understand what may have brought him to his boiling point and caused him to lose it. He will most likely argue that he was defending himself because she did throw her shoe at him first. Many teenagers can be very disrespectful and hard to deal with but by taking his job as a officer he is agreeing that he knows how to handle these situations properly which he clearly does not. I think that the officer should for sure lose his job and also face legal consequences. I also think that the other officer who failed to help the beaten girl should be punished as well. Seeing videos like this one make me dislike police even more than I already did and trust them even less.
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