The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness with his mother, Domonique Wilson, and his older brother, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns.Neither he nor anyone else in his family's Chicago home was arrested that night two years ago, and police wielding a warrant to look for illegal weapons found none.
And police departments across the United States have few or no safeguards to prevent these incidents.The AP analysed data on approximately 3,000 instances of police use of force against children under the age of 16 year in the previous 11 years across the United States. Black children made up more than 50 per cent of those who were handled forcibly by police, although they are just 15 per cent of the US child population.The most common type of force was physical, followed by firearms pointed at or used on children.Krystal Archie cries while she talks with an Associated Press reporter.
Chicago police did not comment on these specific cases but said revised policies passed in May required extra planning for vulnerable people such as children before search warrants were served.
Trying to scare them straight.
Have you seen US children 😂😂😂
They use harsh tactics on everyone no discrimination, everyone can get some
It amazes me why it hasn't come to the attention of Human Rights organisations.
I noticed that the article did not mention that most of these 'children' were black or ethnic. Was that on purpose? American law enforcement and judicial system have a systemic problem with dealing with black people and other ethnics.
Looks like maccas and kfc used hard tactics first.
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