(CNN) Washington, DC Attorney General Karl Racine says his office is reviewing the district's policies on how police interact with juveniles after a video surfaced this week of a police officer forcibly handcuffing a 9-year-old boy.
The video, which aired on WTTG, shows an officer chasing after a small boy who was leaning against a car and apparently talked back to the officer. Racine called the video "obviously concerning."
It depicts the boy "being horse-collared by the officer," DC Councilman Charles Allen told CNN. He said the video would cause "distrust and damage," for the whole community's relationship with law enforcement.
A spokeswoman for DC's Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to CNN that "MPD officers were in the vicinity during their normal patrol, making contact with residents when the incident occurred. The nine year-old boy was not charged with any crimes. As with all use of force incidents, this is currently under internal investigation."
She pointed to MPD's general orders, posted on the department's website, which discuss police procedures for handling juveniles
bugnuker on April 26th, 2019 at 14:27 UTC »
The only video I could find on YouTube of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wibXohaJcfs
iGourry on April 26th, 2019 at 13:39 UTC »
In the whole article not a single word about the officer facing any kind of punishment for this shit.
All just a lot of "Shouldn't have happened" and "Avoid similar things in the future" feel good shit but no actual substance.
How do you expect this to not happen again if you don't even hand punishments for violent shitheads like this?
Studsmanly on April 26th, 2019 at 12:30 UTC »
Nah. The distrust and damage is already there. This is just another example of a cop being an asshole.