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Related: About this forumGraphic Warning - This is Donald Trump and the Deplorables' America
The alleged incident took place on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 23, when Wilkerson was arrested after allegedly fleeing from police, according to a statement from Reeves.
Reeves' statement, which does not directly name Wilkerson, said that the juvenile was charged with obstructing governmental operations and resisting arrest, both of which are misdemeanors. The officer involved in the incident has not been publicly identified, but Reeves said that the officer is on leave pending the state investigation into the incident.
According to local ABC station KTRK, police said the teen resisted arrest and kept reaching for his waistband, which may have caused concern about a possible weapon.
Lt. Heath Carpenter from the criminal investigation division of the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation released a statement on Wednesday, Dec. 27, saying that the juvenile was arrested, though it gave no specific details about the nature of the arrest, and added that "during the arrest, the juvenile was injured."
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/alabama-mother-teen-son-beaten-unconsciousness-cops/story?id=52046173
Reeves' statement, which does not directly name Wilkerson, said that the juvenile was charged with obstructing governmental operations and resisting arrest, both of which are misdemeanors. The officer involved in the incident has not been publicly identified, but Reeves said that the officer is on leave pending the state investigation into the incident.
According to local ABC station KTRK, police said the teen resisted arrest and kept reaching for his waistband, which may have caused concern about a possible weapon.
Lt. Heath Carpenter from the criminal investigation division of the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation released a statement on Wednesday, Dec. 27, saying that the juvenile was arrested, though it gave no specific details about the nature of the arrest, and added that "during the arrest, the juvenile was injured."
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/alabama-mother-teen-son-beaten-unconsciousness-cops/story?id=52046173
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Graphic Warning - This is Donald Trump and the Deplorables' America (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2017
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Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)1. Officers make a lot of claims, but refuse to release the dash and body cams.
I was just watching this story on CNN this morning. Refusal of the department to release the dash and body cams tells me they're stalling while they can be edited, or will follow up with "weren't recording at the time of the incident."
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,458 posts)6. Or we need time to erase ...oops edit, then we'll release it
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)2. Trumps amerikkka
You can do anything, and get away with it.
So sickened.
I hope someone subpoenas the cams.
Oppaloopa
(896 posts)3. God help us we are beating up people's children.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)4. Just to clarify
The article says local station KTRK.
KTRK is in Houston, Texas.
This happened in Troy, Alabama.
Just so there's no Texas bashing by those that don't read the article.
Maraya1969
(22,998 posts)5. You can see his fake tan with the backdrop of and all white crowd. And when he turned to them
left you can see where the tan line ends and his white scalp begins
heaven05
(18,124 posts)7. this country has always been soiled
by it's racism, now it's stained, tainted and fetidly putrid because of the head occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.....