listen to the audio of the tape . . . more stellar police work . . a 4 year old takes a .99 cent doll from the dollar store and the cops are right on it. Bless them . . .
love this tweet: " Question 1: A pregnant black woman refused to hold up her hands because she is holding a two-year old. Who do you shoot first, the woman, the toddler or the fetus? "
Multiple intensely disturbing videos of Phoenix police officers pointing guns and threatening to kill a black family that included a four-year-old, a one-year-old baby, and a visibly pregnant woman are blowing up the internet right now as people demand justice for this terrorized family.
According to reports, the family was pulled over due to an anonymous call claiming that the family had shoplifted a doll from the Dollar Store that was priced at 99 cents. Some are reporting that the doll was taken by the four-year-old without her parents’ knowledge, but according to Heavy, police officers failed to recover any doll from the car.
"My hands are up! My hands are up!" 22yo Dravon Ames says as a Phoenix police officer yells to "get your fucking hands up." The same officer later says "You're gonna fucking get shot!"
Ames says the officers stopped him after his child walked out of a Dollar Store with a doll.
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Regardless of whether the doll was intentionally stolen, many thousands of people have already expressed their outrage after the videos began to go viral Friday afternoon, saying that the police response was grossly out of scope with the alleged crime and that guns should never be pointed at little children.
The incident occurred on May 29, though the complaint against the police and videos from the incident are just surfacing now. Dravon Ames, the driver, can be seen getting his face slammed against a police cruiser by one officer, then kicked in the legs and punched in the back. While that happens, another officer repeatedly screams at his pregnant fiance, Iesha Harper, while she is still in the vehicle, demanding she open a broken door and put her hands up while she holds her infant child.
Officers can be heard shouting things like “you’re gonna f*****g get shot” and “I’m gonna put a cap right in your f*****g head” in front of the children. The complaint alleges that an officer tried to yank the one-year-old out of the mother’s arms, injuring the infant’s shoulder, and told the mother as she was being cuffed that he could have “shot you in front of your f*****g kids.”
Local politicians and clergy have condemned the police conduct evident in the videos, including Arizona state Senator Martín Quezada.
This is everything that's wrong with #LawEnforcement today. My #LD29 #Maryvale community deserves better than this type of inexcusable and unjustifiable rage and abuse of power from the @phoenixpolice. @PHXDistrict5 @PhxDistrict8
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The names of the officers involved have not been released as the police department “investigates” the disturbing incident. According to the complaint, the four-year-old girl has since been having nightmares and wetting the bed when she hadn’t before.
People across the country are flooding Twitter with outrage over what they see as a clear case of severe police brutality over nothing.
FIRE THEM. These men are too unstable to have this job/guns/any legal authority whatsoever.
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#PhoenixPD De-escalation Training Exam:
Question 1: A pregnant black woman refused to hold up her hands because she is holding a two-year old. Who do you shoot first, the woman, the toddler or the fetus?
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#PhoenixPD Cops wonder why they are shot at, not respected, & seen as public enemy #1.
HINT: It’s because of events like this.
It’s because cops that violate their oath are not fired and removed from ever serving again.
It’s because they don’t have or use the training given
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Important thing to take away from the power tripping #PhoenixPD cop is why cops are so universally hated among minorities. He passed every exam and cleared every mental health check. He was cleared to work, and therefore that is the bar to meet, and that bar is white supremacy
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@phoenixpolice your silence in the wake of the #PhoenixPD video is pathetic. You're condoning actions like this. You're supposed to protect and serve. Not profile and demean. The fact that you care more about protecting the officers in this video than the citizens says everything
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BREAKING: New video shows a deranged cop threatening to shoot a Black mother dead because her 4-year-old toddler "stole" a 99 cent Barbie from a dollar store. UNBELIEVABLE! THIS IS AMERICA... #Racism #PhoenixPD #BlackLivesMAtter #ThisIsAmerica
Pointing guns, kicking & screaming, “Get your f*cking hands up!” at a pregnant mom who cannot put her hands up bc she’s holding her baby that can’t walk.
These cops need to “Turn their f*cking badges in!”
The look on her toddler’s face shows how terrifying this was!#PhoenixPD pic.twitter.com/PX16O71xKZ
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Beyond disgusting!! I am outraged and you should be too. #PhoenixPD, this should be a real quick investigation and result in some fired officers. We need honorable, compassionate, level-headed police serving the people. These guys are not it.
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Hey #PhoenixPD, how long will it take for you to investigate a clear case of abuse of power and racial discrimination? Captured by multiple people from multiple angles. Those officers involved should already be relieved of their duties, permanently.
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#PhoenixPD Is it standard procedure to draw a gun when a person has been accused of stealing a 99 cent toy? Racism aside, there is something deeply wrong with a police department that meets theft with the threat of lethal force.
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It’s not just one cop. It’s multiple cops. Listening to this mother wailing that she can’t put her hands up because she is holding her baby is heartbreaking. #phoenixpd has some explaining to do, some employees and leadership to fire and some apologies to make. I hope they sue.
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The rage I feel right now truly cannot be measured. I have such anxiety watching this & hearing the fear in this family’s voice. These pieces of shit belong under the jail. @phoenixpolice we need answers NOW. #PhoenixPD #BlackLivesMatter
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How many violations of @phoenixpolice policy can you spot in this terrifying vid of police brutality and aggression @MayorGallego? Anyone? What threat required this violent response by the cops? Were #CivilRights violated?
Please take swift action @CityofPhoenixAZ.#PhoenixPD
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Instead of trying to restore trust in the community, #PhoenixPD chose to threaten a pregnant mother with kids over 99 fucking cents. Wish I was there so I could of thrown a dollar at you guys to save this family from trauma.
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's other TweetsThis #phoenixpd video has me so upset. I've watched it like 5 times and can't stop crying. That poor mama and her babies. That shit is violently criminal. The woman who went to get those kids is a hero.
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#PhoenixPD what’s going on here?! Do you not train your officers to do more than just draw weapons?! You train them in yelling profanity as loud as they can around children? To point weapons at babies?? Take responsibility for your dept’s shortcomings and fix it...NOW! #shame
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I’ve covered police brutality for years yet videos still manage to shock me. These cops tell a pregnant woman “you’re going to get shot” after she doesn’t put her hands up bc she is HOLDING HER CHILD.
This video captures the reality of US police. They’re acting like terrorists.
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Aaaand....another angle of these #PhoenixPD officers absolutely abusing their power and using excessive force...over a $0.99 Barbie doll.
This outrage is exhausting. I'm so tired.
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There are NO EXCUSES, NO WORDS to justify this level of abuse toward any human being! The #PhoenixPD must fire these officers! #Racism #BlackLivesMatter
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These #PhoenixPD cops are out of control. None of them should be on any police force. They almost Murdered this woman over a damn dollar doll that the mom probably didn't even know the child had. They all need to be Fired. #PhoenixPD are Murderers Hiding Behind Badges!
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Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams is calling for an investigation into this incident by the Professional Standards Bureau.
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