PA-Cops tackle, rough up and hospitalize teen girl for curfew violation.

[Anti Federalist]

Teen hospitalized after being suspected of being out past police-imposed curfew

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/m...wright-curfew/

CLAIRTON, PA — A teen’s evening excursion for ice cream resulted in her going to the hospital in a neck-brace, after police found her and her friends in public just a few minutes past the government-imposed curfew for minors.

The incident happened on Tuesday, July 15th, 2014, when 17-year-old Merceedez Wright and her friends decided to finish their evening with a stop for dessert.

It was just past 10:00 p.m., the hour in which the town of Clairton (pop. 6,700) had arbitrarily declared that people under the age of 18 must not be found in public under penalty of law.

The ordinance (and all such curfews) directly violates the individuals’ right to travel and peaceably assemble.

The Clairton Police Department saw the young-looking group of individuals and began hassling them about being in public past the legally-enforceable bedtime. Pittsburgh’s KDKA reported what happened after police initiated contact.


[Merceedez] Wright says she and her friends started walking away, but returned to pick up a purse and cell phone that had been left behind. Officers reportedly put her friend in a cruiser, and Wright says she tried to walk away, but was stopped by an officer.

Bryon Clifford, who witnessed the incident, said, “She kept walking. He got out, started chasing her, and once I seen her running around the corner about five seconds later, I hear her screaming at the top of her lungs.”

Wright says she admits that she ran from police saying she was scared by the way the officer got out of the car.

“They both just tackled me to the ground and smushed my face into the ground, and their feet and legs, and they start pulling my hair, pushing me and stuff,” Wright added.

“I don’t think that curfew is great of a violation that someone needs assaulted,” said the girl’s mom, disturbed at the use of force.

Ms. Wright’s injuries were serious and she remains in the hospital. Her mom said that she’s experiencing problems with her lungs, among other things caused by the rough handling of the girl by police.

“I was terrified,” said Ms. Wright to KDKA. “I thought I was going to be beaten up for hours.”



The problems originated with the initial passage of the curfew by lawmakers. Such laws create a “Nanny State”; assigning police officers to play a parental role over all of society, instead of focusing on crimes with a tangible victim. This is a real an invitation for abuse and oppression of individual rights.

Ms. Wright’s story illustrates that every law — no matter how well-intentioned — may ultimately be administered using violent force. It is therefore prudent to reserve legislative action for only the most egregious of bad behaviors, to minimize government intervention in people’s lives and to avoid the creation of a Nanny State.

All Americans should enjoy the freedom to peacefully go out for an ice cream cone without being harassed by government agents.
(Not in today's AmeriKa, comrade. - AF)

[Czolgosz]

Lol

[presence]

[Mani]

She did this to herself:


http://ericpetersautos.com/2014/07/1...year-old-girl/


The cops did it to keep her safe...It is curfew afterall...

[Mani]

There is some surveillance video...Cops will enjoy a good circle jerk watching it before it gets permanently damaged and suddenly disappear.

http://www.wtae.com/news/teenage-gir...ation/26992088

[presence]

“It was basically a diagnosis that she had some type of air pocket between her lungs,”

Audelia Amoah, Wright’s mom said.

“I guess from when the police pounded on her.”

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014/...few-violation/

This condition is a medical emergency that can cause
steadily worsening oxygen shortage and low blood pressure.
Unless reversed by effective treatment,
these sequelae can progress and cause

death.

Pneumothoraces can be caused by

physical trauma to the chest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax

[aGameOfThrones]

Zero tolerance!

[Root]

[limequat]

It's for the children.

[SeanTX]

I didn't know Clairton, PA was a real town -- I seem to remember it being mentioned in "The Deer Hunter." Anyway, she should be thanking her benevolent protectors, they were just looking out for her well-being, out of the goodness of their hearts. Sheepdogs looking after the sheep, protecting them from the wolves.

If they had allowed her to stay out, who knows what might have happened to her -- some street gang members might have come along and attacked her and put her in the hospital. Oh, wait ...

[Slave Mentality]

She did this to herself. When gestapo says night night, you had best go night night. Sometimes Daddy Law just has to knock some sense into these degenerates.

[thoughtomator]

Cops and their families still alive and unharmed? Count on more such incidents until a cop who does this thing can be 100% assured that effective retaliation will happen.

[JK/SEA]

i'm starting to see a pattern here....anyone else?

[Anti Federalist]

i'm starting to see a pattern here....anyone else?

I see a few.

Which one are you thinking of?

[asurfaholic]

i'm starting to see a pattern here....anyone else?

Yea. I see a pattern of misfits blatantly violating the LAW which puts them and others at great risk of harm.

Something must be done to stop these people from putting our officers in harms way.