FOOTAGE OF a white cop in Seattle battering a black 15-year-old girl suspected of being a car thief, has been met with outrage.
Police released the CCTV footage which showed Kings County Sheriffs deputy, Paul Schene, kicking the girl in the stomach, slamming her head against a wall, pulling her hair, and
punching her on the holding cell floor at SeaTac City Hall in November.
Schene, who is now facing charges of fourth degree assault, has pleaded not guilty, claiming the girl attacked him first. He said she taunted cops, calling them pigs and kicked off her
shoes, which he said struck him in the shin.
But as the video was circulated online, people expressed their outrage. For being lippy and kicking a shoe, she gets beaten like a dog in the street? These cops and the police
department that hired them need to be sued for every penny they have, a furious blogger called Kris wrote.
If teachers HAVE to show self-control with 30 lippy teens in classes all day or get fired, why is this cop getting a free pass [paid administrative leave]?
But some defended the cop.
Something is seriously wrong with American society and these police are not equipped to deal with it. They are only human and everyone has their breaking point, said a blogger called
Tony.
Youre lucky if you only have to deal with some rotten monster once or twice your entire life, these guys deal with dozens a day. Ill tell you one thing, that brat is going to think twice before shooting her mouth or her shoe off at anyone again.