Police Officer Caught On Camera Punching 14 Year Old Girl In Face
A grown man should never put their hands on a woman, let alone a child.
However, time and time again, we see that the rules normal people live by don't apply to some police officers in our country. The incident took place in San Antonio, Texas, where a 14 year old girl was punched numerous times in her face by the plice officer.
Mayor Ivy Taylor said the video "is hard to watch and listen to," and indicated the police department is reviewing the body camera footage to determine what took place.
The incident took place Saturday outside an event center where authorities say officers were called about men fighting at a quinceanera, a Hispanic tradition of celebrating a girl's 15th birthday.
The video appears to show the girl move toward the officer before he hits her for the first time. He then strikes her again, causing her to fall into people standing nearby. He appears to hit her again before he and other officers arrest her.
The teen's lawyer Artessia House told the San Antonio News-Express that the the video shows an officer hitting her client "clear as day."
An incident report described the tense scene outside the event center, with multiple people fighting and onlookers angered by the police response, with many "on the verge of interfering."
The girl's mother can be heard pleading, "No! No! No! No! Let her go!" during the arrest, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
The eighth-grader was arrested on a charge of assaulting a public servant, the San Antonio Express-News reported. She was taken to a juvenile detention center and released Monday.
House denies that the teen struck the officer, and described her as an honor student with no history of violence, according to the newspaper. -(New York Daily News)
Crazy!