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Social media anger exploded after footage was released of a female Arizona police officer putting a 15-year-old girl in a chokehold, as the teenager shouted that she was unable to breathe and her mother was begging to stop.

The punching incident took place in Mesa, Arizona, on Friday. A witness caught it on video and the cameraman can be heard pointing out, "he just punched her in the face". "I cant breathe, I cant breathe... please..." the girl is screaming.

A bystander approaches, apparently to intervene in the situation, who was later discovered to be the victim's mother; the girl had apparently been an "emotionally unstable" runaway, according to Luis Paul Santiago, who recorded the incident.

According to the Free Thought Project, the second police officer standing nearby said that his colleague's actions were in accordance with the procedure and that if she'd wanted, the officer "could have shot her dead."




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Oh god, the video isn't that good though :/
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For someone that cant breathe she makes alot of noise.

Anyone that is now caught by the police will be shouting "I cant breathe"
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Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.
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Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.


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Most likely resisting arrest. :S
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Ambigram wrote
Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.


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That picture is just as perfect and self-explanatory as it could get.
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According to the Free Thought Project, the second police officer standing nearby said that his colleague's actions were in accordance with the procedure and that if she'd wanted, the officer "could have shot her dead."


Fire this person, someone that sadistic does not deserve to be on the police force, and should not be called a public servant.
If procedures allow for the killing of an unarmed 15 year old girl because she is 'resisting arrest' then the procedures need fixing.
There are non-lethal take-down methods for a reason, and getting a punch in the face is not cause for pulling out your gun and ending someone's life.

America's police force is a joke.
I'd rather have a Mexican cop respond to my emergency call than an American one.
There seems to be a new video every day of police brutality in America, yet people continue to insist that it's 'just a few bad apples.'
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Ruvik wrote
According to the Free Thought Project, the second police officer standing nearby said that his colleague's actions were in accordance with the procedure and that if she'd wanted, the officer "could have shot her dead."


Fire this person, someone that sadistic does not deserve to be on the police force, and should not be called a public servant.
If procedures allow for the killing of an unarmed 15 year old girl because she is 'resisting arrest' then the procedures need fixing.
There are non-lethal take-down methods for a reason, and getting a punch in the face is not cause for pulling out your gun and ending someone's life.

America's police force is a joke.
I'd rather have a Mexican cop respond to my emergency call than an American one.
There seems to be a new video every day of police brutality in America, yet people continue to insist that it's 'just a few bad apples.'


It's called having respect for those who keep the community sane to their best ability. And I would like to see the evidence and reason as to why "America's police force is a joke." You can't base your decision off of what you see on social media. Just because a few altercations happen between an unintelligent teen and a man/woman of the law, that doesn't mean every police in America is "a joke." Where I live, that doesn't happen. My father is a cop, and most of the people of my city have the decency to respect the police force.
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Swoldier wrote Where's the footage of what happened before the police took her to the ground? Another example of why social media leads to stereotypes and expectations.


Regardless of what happened previously, the police officer could have caused some serious harm to the person they were arresting.
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