Teen Dies After Police Shoved a Sharp Object Down His Throat to Retrieve Drugs that weren’t there

D.C. Clothesline ^ | May 12, 2014 | Cassius Methyl

[Black Agnes]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3155380/posts

[babygene]

“When they yell police, you stop.”

What happens when I, the mugger yells “police”? Do you the intended muggie stop? That’s crazy talk...

[fuzzylogic]

yeah, that makes any action or behavior by LEO just fine. The cop should’ve just shot him in the back because he ran right?

[Responsibility2nd]

Interesting. The lawsuit also claims that as of the date of filing - 9 MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH - they still have refused to release the death certificate to the family.

[eccentric]

The photo on D.C. Clothesline shows a black man holding a sign that says “POLICE BRUTALITY KILLS YET ANOTHER”

[PghBaldy]

Thanks. I went looking for a news article and found his death notice and photo. The photo of the black man may be unrelated, as there is no caption or identifying information besides a credit.

[alancarp]

Right. This details seem to have ‘over-zealous law enforcement’ written all over it.

[Bon of Babble]

My God.

As the mother of a teen, it is unfathomable to me that this hasn’t gone VIRAL and that there isn’t massive OUTRAGE.

Prayers for the family, their grief must be unimaginable — double b/c of nothing being done about those who MURDERED their loved one.

[Bon of Babble]

From the Legacy.com link posted above:

"Nicholas Andrew Smith, 17, died in Huntsville, Ala., on June 18, 2013. He was born in Huntsville on Jan. 23, 1996. He was a very good student, taking advanced classes in high school as a Junior and was looking forward to his Senior year. He wanted to attend the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He was a great athlete; he had a passion for soccer and was a member of the Elite Soccer Team. He was so smart, always asking questions, he was so creative and thought of new ways to do things."

What are the chances his family will receive a condolence call from Obama?

[Bon of Babble]

From the legacy.com link posted by PghBaldy above.

Thanks for the link!!

[Robert Teesdale]

HOW DARE YOU DEFEND POLICE SHOVING A SHARP OBJECT DOWN A KIDS THROAT. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU.

Citizen, do not question the State or its officers. That is an extremist, violent and hateful attitude that demonstrates your incompatibility with social justice.

[trisham]

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[napscoordinator]

well there is no winners here, he would have risked getting beat up by a mugger, but he took his chances with the cops and lost. Poor guy...better choices in his afterlife I hope.

[napscoordinator]

HOW DARE YOU DEFEND POLICE SHOVING A SHARP OBJECT DOWN A KIDS THROAT. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU.

Oh your right. Next time perhaps the kid should stop when told.

[napscoordinator]

It’s going to be funny when cops kill someone you care about.

It won’t ever happen...guaranteed. Nobody in my family is stupid enough to run after the cops yell stop. In fact, there would be no running involved. Let me see if you have drugs. Open your mouth....ahhhhhh. Ok you are clean. Get out of here. Nobody in my family is an animal who doesn’t follow the law like this kid.

[Lazamataz]

No. You are wrong. The cop was not in uniform.

YOU ARE A FASCISM ENABLER.

YOU ARE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.

[napscoordinator]

I am still alive and I have been stopped by cops at least four times and all you have to do is follow what they say starting with license and registration. Not hard to do and you survive better that way. The dummy just had to stop and discuss the situation and maybe get frisked due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I never can understand stupid people or their supporters.

[Lazamataz]

It won’t ever happen...guaranteed. Nobody in my family is stupid enough to run after the cops yell stop.

A) There was no clear and present indication the person who yelled WAS a cop.

2) If you think that because you are supercompliant, that the boot will miss your neck, you are quite wrong -- and I will enjoy it when it crushes YOUR windpipe, in the end.

[Lazamataz]

I am still alive and I have been stopped by cops at least four times and all you have to do is follow what they say starting with license and registration.

Uniformed ones, who came from clearly-marked cars, right?

This cop was NOT uniformed and NOT coming from a clear-marked police car.

So, you are telling us you will stop and submit to ANYONE who claims to be a cop?

I never can understand stupid people or their supporters.

Furthermore, THIS SORT OF ON-THE-STREET SURGERY IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE EVEN FOR UNIFORMED AND IDENTIFIED OFFICERS.

I never can understand fascism lovers or their supporters.

[Orangedog]

Aren’t you all just a nice flock of compliant sheep? And that’s fine. But eventually one of them will not bow, stoop or genuflect appropriately or fast enough to your betters liking. And please, please, please express these views of yours publicly in meat-space. We need to know who to shun after things get ugly and the cleanup starts.