Special Needs Student Beaten by Illinois police over dress code

Nice try but the cop was black.

We don't need to see or hear anymore to see the truth of the situation. It doesn't matter one bit what the kid might have said. Classic cop beat down. The cop can't can't control his emotions or temper. He is no better then the criminals on the streets. He needs to be arrested for striking a minor!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Use of excessive force, and fired.

[edit on 9-10-2009 by infidel666]

The mere fact that the Police Officer in question had previously shot a man 24 times in a domestic situation and raped a woman (unsure whether this occured before or after this event) makes me wonder what in the world he was doing any where close to a school much less one that specializes in troubled kids. That Cop has behavior issues of his own and needs a little time in jail or a lot of time in jail to deal with them. He broke this kids niose for christ sake for not tucking his shirt in. He should have escorted him to the office and allowed those actually in charge of the children deal with him. A lot of Police are out of control and if you really think its all racial then you have not paid attention to whats going on.

Dubyoo tee eff?
Second line.

Man oh man this officer shouldn't be with children, most certainly not special ed children he haven't a clue when the exertion of force is necessary. It could have been as simple as calling the child's parents to pick him up because he wasn't following instructions or the dress code. The beat down he received by a grown man is terrible and inexcusable. Look where the officer struck the child against his head, a head injury is the reason he's in the special education school. It looked as though school officials were helping hold this child down, it was the boy who was overpowered not the police officer.





[edit on 9-10-2009 by Chai_An]

Are you kidding me? If what you wrote is fact then no wonder he lost control of the child he shouldn't be in any type of authority position (with a GUN) better yet he should be in a mental ward or in prison.



Scary!

Are you guys sure that by "special needs" this doesn't mean some sort of corrective school? From the heavy doors and the way everything is set up in there it looks like one of those schools they send kids that get in a lot of fights and so forth. Especially since a cop was escorting the kid down the hall. I think this story could be misrepresented.

No matter what type of school no one deserves to be beaten like that. From what I saw on the video the cop was not escorting he was just in the hallway drinking cofee when the kid walked by him. Even if the "15" year old smarted off as 15 year olds are capable of you still as a man in a postion of authority don't break his nose for it. And from what I read in the follow up articles about this police officer he should have been in jail long before this incident and since he is now in jail for rape we can draw strong conclusions as to what type of officer he was or is.

That cop needs his certification yanked so he can never work in law enforcement again. He also needs to do hard prison time in an institution where his fellow inmates know who he is and what he is in there for.

[edit on 10-11-2009 by groingrinder]

I want to say that there is not one state in the union where it is lawful to strike somebody for words that they say to you. This should apply to police as well as civilians.

I'd like to know what kind of background checks schools are doing, these "security guards" /adults are interacting with their children and they hired that guy?? Unbelievable.

My god what is the world coming to. This is really messed up.

I live in Illinois so I know how corrupt the police are around here its terrible...

the reason cops are in school is to protect teachers and students not to enforce a flippin dress code

After reading through this thread I'm happy to hear that this out of control murdering child abusing rapist is in jail and no longer working as a cop.

I don't care what the kid said, even if he challenged to cops authority the cop should of wrote him up or taken him to the office in an orderly fashion, not slam him on the ground. The cops behavior was unprofessional, period.

What really bothers me though is the fact that the school was behind the cop instead of the child. That's really why these types of cops get away with bad behavior time and time again, because their co-workers or union stand behind them for far too long.