12 Michigan cops, looking for a 40-year-old white woman, draw guns on 11 year old black girl and put her in cuffs

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My impression was that the police were trying to control the nighttime situation, illuminated by flashlights, by cuffing the three people one at a time, starting with the one closest to them while keeping the other two at a distance. It was really hard to tell exactly how old anyone was in the police video, until they had her in custody and realized that they had fucked up badly.

That doesn’t make it right, and cuffing the hysterical 11-year-old was a stupid move, but the account in Cory’s linked article didn’t include those relevant details.

I originally posted this in response to the murder of Scout Schultz. It’s a post that is, regrettably, increasingly relevant.

Cops shoot and kill student on campus

Related: In this thread, all under the guise of “reasonable” solutions, we have people discussing Tasers. Pepper spray. Batons. MMA takedowns. Shooting people in the fucking leg. A non-aggressive, obviously distressed and confused person was very slowly walking forwards while holding a partially-open multitool. Nobody was being attacked. There was not the tiniest hint of justification here to do anything other than talk to Scout while waiting for a psychiatric crisis response team to get th…