Iām so fucking sick of the media escalating and misrepresenting so many situations.
Just finished reading about and watching videos from this new incident with a 15-year-old girl getting pepper sprayed by cops. Could it have been handled better on BOTH sides? Yes. But let me talk about what I saw and read and something that infuriates me.
According to all accounts, this girl did not obey traffic laws. Bicycles are, by law, required to adhere to exactly the same traffic laws as vehicles while on the road and this means stopping for red lights and stop signs. This girl did not stop at a red light and hit a personās car. AKA, she got into an accident. 911 was called and we are shown body camera footage from the first officer on the scene. The girl immediately tries to leave the scene of this accident, which, someone correct me if Iām wrong, would be considered a hit and run if this were two cars involved. Like I said, bicycles are required to adhere to the same laws as cars, so therein lies my second problem. So not only did she cause an accident and try to leave, but the officers also have a duty to keep her safe until she is returned to a parent or guardian.
She tries to leave on her bike and is stopped and thatās when shit really starts to hit the fan. Now she is becoming hysterical while the officers are trying to do their jobsĀ and avoid the potential of being held accountable for anything that happened to this girl if they were to let her go.
Donāt get me wrong, I understand that she was likely scared for her lifeĀ given recent events, but also keep in mind that she hit someoneās car, damaged said car, and even passed out for a period of time. And that last part REALLY pisses me off because from what I can tell, she wasnāt ever wearing a helmet. Ask anyone, seeing bikers/skateboarders/any person riding something other than a car on the road NOT WEARING A FUCKING HELMET literally infuriates me.Ā
Unfortunately, I also canāt help but feel like her hysterics were not only her being scared because she was in police custody as a biracial female, but also because she had marijuana on her. Notice in the video that she doesnāt want to call her parents because sheāllĀ āget in troubleā. Why would she get in trouble?
Okay, Iām stopping there because I just canāt keep my thoughts straight anymore, but I had to write them down somewhere. I didnāt want to have any arguments over facebook with people I donāt give a shit about, so this is where it gets to be written. Sorry not sorry.
andulkaphoto
ellievsbear
titsay
baratheonpilled
romaincrisis
