Rhode Island Cops Body Slam 14-year-old Black Student; Students Pepper Sprayed at Protest-gctid164641

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-rhode-island-cops-needlessly-body-slam-15-year-old-article-1.2398142

Shaun King: Rhode Island cops needlessly bodyslam 15-year-old student

BY SHAUN KING
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2015, 2:48 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-WVJ5Uets

On Wednesday, at William Tolman High School in Pawtucket Rhode Island, fellow students and friends of 15-year-old Tyler Deburgo filmed him being needlessly body-slammed by a police officer in the school.

From the looks of the video and interviews with eyewitnesses, Tyler was an innocent bystander watching on as his friend, Ivander, was being arrested by police inside of the school. When the officer grabbed Tyler by the throat and brutally slammed him to the ground, you can hear the outrage from fellow students growing and teachers attempting to calm down the students.

The Pawtucket Police, in spite of the video evidence, dispute this sequence of events and claim that Tyler Deburgo, who appears to actually have his back turned to the officer, was walking toward the officer.

"The officer managed to get the 17-year-old subject on the ground and was attempting to handcuff him, when the second juvenile started to approach the officer from behind. The officer saw the individual approaching him, grabbed the juvenile and used a takedown on the juvenile," a police spokesperson said. In other words, the police are saying "don't believe what you see, believe what we tell you to believe."   It's horrendous that this level of brutality is happening inside of our schools. Clearly outraged, Tolman High School students walked out of school today as an act of defiant protest, but were actually pepper-sprayed by local police, who have only enflamed tensions. Ten people, primarily students, were actually arrested for disorderly conduct. A small group of student protestors and supportive staff members, including Coach Carter, had an afternoon meeting with local leaders. Carter relayed, "The kids are great. We just met with the Mayor, School Superintendent, and Director of Public Safety. It was a great meeting and the young protestors got their voices heard."  Just last week in Texas, a very similar case of police brutality took place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUBex0p2A1Q