School Cop Destroys 15-yo Student’s Face After He Tried to Call his Mom During Lunch
Last week, Stephanie Petrillo’s 15-year-old son Joe was dropped off at their home — battered, bloodied, and with a fractured orbital socket.
His mother says she was given no reason for the drop off other than Joe suffered the injuries after he fell on the floor while being restrained by officer Shawn O’Mara of the Gates police department.
Last Friday morning, Joe, who was at school on his lunch break, asked the school’s principal, Mary Vito, for his cellphone. In high schools, it is not uncommon for students to have to leave their phones in the office every morning.
While he was on lunch, Joe merely wanted to call his mother. However, principal Vito was not going to allow him to do that, so the two went back and forth several times. At this point, officer O’Mara stepped in to force Joes’ compliance.
Gates, NY Police officer Shawn O’Mara was on school property and responded to the argument between the principal and the student.
“He grabbed my son, who is maybe one hundred and twenty pounds, like a bean pole, and he slams him on the floor, handcuffs him and then starts punching my son in his face,” Petrillo said.
Joe was then put into the patrol car and brought to his mother, bleeding and crying in agony. When this mother brought her son to the hospital, she learned that he had suffered an orbital fracture, a concussion, and multiple contusions — all at the hands of this police officer.
In a statement on Tuesday, Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode confirmed that O’Mara punched the teen in the face, but said that this officer, twice the size of his subject, was justified in the beating because the student became “out of control.”
Witnesses say they saw O’Mara punch Joe while he was in handcuffs. Police charged the teen with resisting arrest, and menacing, as well as grand larceny. But because of his age, the case will be handled in Family Court.
Authorities should judge O’Mara. I don’t know why this boy can be judged. He’s a victim of police brutality. Actions of O’Mara cannot be explained. When I used to go to school, guards never punched kids – regardless of how they behaved. The words “out of control” better describes O’Mara than Joe Petrillo. I think beating of students should be banned. I cannot imagine the situation when it could be justified.
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