If GOP wanted a safer D.C., it wouldn’t have targeted police reforms
The officer found the child’s mother and two crisis specialists from a charity organization outside the family’s house in Southeast Washington. He listened as the mother explained that her son had been tearing up their home and disrespecting her but had since calmed down and cleaned up. When the officer entered the home, he found the boy sitting at a desk in the living room and playing video games.
The crisis specialist, according to the report, said the officer eventually walked outside with the boy’s mother, turned off his body camera and instructed her to put her foot up her son’s behind “and beat him.” He suggested, the report says, she hit him with an open hand and not a fist to prevent leaving a mark.
That complaint, which is one of many that have been filed against D.C. police officers in recent years, is not the most egregious one. Not by far. Those cases involve excessive force, including chokeholds, fired weapons and hair pulling. But as I read through online reports of the complaints, that one stood out to me as a mother and as someone who has written frequently about policing in the region.
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