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We are discussing a police department that thinks that children should get head injuries or broken limbs, if they "sass" back or give the police a dirty look.
March 13, 2007
Do you remember when the Baltimore police arrested a seven year old child ?
He was in first grade, because he had just turned seven.
The father had a dirt bike, and the child had a child sized dirt bike.
The child was waiting for his father, to come and take him on a ride.
The child sat on the dirt bike, on the sidewalk in front of his house, anticipating the ride.
Someone called in a noise complaint about bike noise on that street, to the police.
There were many motor bikes, in that neighborhood.
On the afternoon of March 13, 2007, 7–year–old Gerard Mungo, Jr. (“Gerard”) was sitting on a Yamaha TT–R50 Mini Bike (“dirt bike”) outside his home on the 2100 block of East Federal Street in Baltimore City. Although the vehicle was turned off, it was not “securely locked or otherwise immobilized” as required by the Baltimore City Code.3 After observing Gerard, Baltimore City Police Officer Charles Grimes and Officer–Trainee Brian Chris approached the child and confiscated the dirt bike. Officer Donald Hayes arrived at the scene and the dirt bike was placed in the back of his police truck. According to the complaint filed in this case, these officers (among others) “maliciously and unreasonably grabbed Gerard by his shirt collar and dragged him off the bike.”
The officers initially took the boy to the Eastern District police station.
“He was handcuffed to a bench the whole time. …one hand cuffed to the bench, one hand cuffed to his wrist for like an hour and a half,” said the boy’s father Gerard Mungo, Sr.
By March 15, 2007, the story reached the media that police had pulled Gerard by the collar and dragged him off the dirt bike, yelled at the frightened child, handcuffed him and placed him under arrest.
The child was photographed for a mug shot and fingerprinted, and interrogated.
Seven years, after the arrest
MUNGO: I just remember sitting on the dirt bike and getting slammed off of it.
JANIS: And what did you think at the time about that, and what happened?
MUNGO: What was happening, was going on. I didn't know what was going on.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/md-court-...s/1581378.html
March 13, 2007
Do you remember when the Baltimore police arrested a seven year old child ?
He was in first grade, because he had just turned seven.
The father had a dirt bike, and the child had a child sized dirt bike.
The child was waiting for his father, to come and take him on a ride.
The child sat on the dirt bike, on the sidewalk in front of his house, anticipating the ride.
Someone called in a noise complaint about bike noise on that street, to the police.
There were many motor bikes, in that neighborhood.
On the afternoon of March 13, 2007, 7–year–old Gerard Mungo, Jr. (“Gerard”) was sitting on a Yamaha TT–R50 Mini Bike (“dirt bike”) outside his home on the 2100 block of East Federal Street in Baltimore City. Although the vehicle was turned off, it was not “securely locked or otherwise immobilized” as required by the Baltimore City Code.3 After observing Gerard, Baltimore City Police Officer Charles Grimes and Officer–Trainee Brian Chris approached the child and confiscated the dirt bike. Officer Donald Hayes arrived at the scene and the dirt bike was placed in the back of his police truck. According to the complaint filed in this case, these officers (among others) “maliciously and unreasonably grabbed Gerard by his shirt collar and dragged him off the bike.”
The officers initially took the boy to the Eastern District police station.
“He was handcuffed to a bench the whole time. …one hand cuffed to the bench, one hand cuffed to his wrist for like an hour and a half,” said the boy’s father Gerard Mungo, Sr.
By March 15, 2007, the story reached the media that police had pulled Gerard by the collar and dragged him off the dirt bike, yelled at the frightened child, handcuffed him and placed him under arrest.
The child was photographed for a mug shot and fingerprinted, and interrogated.
Seven years, after the arrest
MUNGO: I just remember sitting on the dirt bike and getting slammed off of it.
JANIS: And what did you think at the time about that, and what happened?
MUNGO: What was happening, was going on. I didn't know what was going on.
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/md-court-...s/1581378.html
