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A St. Paul Police officer will not go to jail for punching a 14-year-old girl in the face while she was handcuffed. Officer Michael Soucheray II was facing a charge of misdemeanor assault in the incident, which could have carried a sentence of 90 days in prison. He was acquitted Thursday after a trial. Prosecutors say the incident started when police responded to a call of a disturbed teen at a local shelter, who was reportedly threatening suicide. When they arrived at the scene, they put the 14-year-old girl in handcuffs after she refused to go to the hospital and became agitated. While putting her in the back of the squad car to take her to the hospital, she reportedly spit in Soucheray’s face. According to the criminal complaint, Soucheray responded by hitting the girl in the face with an open fist twice and grabbing her bay the face and neck area.
His attorney, Peter Wold, said the girl’s actions constituted assault, and Soucheray acted in self defense. “In that video, you cannot see his fist strike her face,†said Wold. He said Officer Soucheray used a police technique called “startle flinch response.†He said it’s when the officers fakes like he’s going to punch someone in the face. He said the subject instinctually flinches, freezes and turns their head. “The jurors saw in slow motion, frame by frame the fist did not touch her face. The act did what it was intended to do and that made her flinch, made her pause, made her stop,†he said.
“She had a booking photo taken 20 minutes later. Not a mark, not a scratch, not even a blemish on her face.†Wold said the incident was a learning lesson for the girl in that she now knows she can’t manipulate a situations like the one that had occurred. “She hasn’t had an easy time getting to be 14 (years old) and hopefully life’s going to be a lot easier in the next 14 years for her. We wish her the best,†he said. He added that Officer Soucheray is anxious to put this stage of his life behind him and get back to his job. “He loves being a cop. And he’s a good cop,†he said.
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The Flinch method is utilized quite often
14, seems 41
mman if that scream machine from monsters inc was real this girl could of given us power for 200 years
On some verbal judo – if he did call her that chances were better she’d be quiet
Hopefully knocked some sense into her
RIP eardrums.
Shes is posessed!
someone spitting on my face i knocking him out.
Ahhhh…the sweet taste is being Dis-Entitled…I do hope she enjoyed her serving by the local Police.
A grown adult police officer calling her a little b*tch at 14 with clearly a disturbed upbringing speaks volumes about the cops misogyny, lack of character, hatred (you can hear it in his voice when he calls her a lil b) and lack of understanding on PTSD, and mental health as whole (she even explains the panic attack stuff etc.; even though yes at times she’s being manipulative, she’s a 14 year old with an underdeveloped brain that called because of a suicide threat, there are clearly deep mental health issues here). Often manipulation by a child or teenagers is due to underlying invalidation of trauma and mental health issues that run deeper that adults have not properly addressed.
Acquitted or not this is a little bitch punk for punching a little girl.
Disgraceful
It's like he's never met a teenage girl before.
She is a fuc&ing 14 yr old child YES child. I know to all y’all white folks you don’t see her as that but she is. Now close your 👀 eyes and picture a skinny little blond 14 yr old girl. Now picture a big black guy with a gun on his hip “pretending†to punch her to calm her down. Now open your eyes to the racism in this country. That would absolutely NOT have happened to a little white girl no matter she did. You will NEVER convince me otherwise so don’t even try. If you disagree, YOU are the problem and just as racist as that 👮â€â™€ï¸ cop
He should not have lost his temper and assaulted a handcuffed person. She posed no threat to him. Yes, I read the description; and if he didn't actually punch her, then why the angry F'n bitch comment? He was taking his aggression out on a mentally ill person with no regard to his station. People who hold power over others must be compassionate with their use of power. This is yet another reason that cops should not be responding to mental health calls.
Holy shit. What an asshole cop- completely unequipped to deal with this situation. Fuck everyone who hurt and failed this child.
She's a spoiled brat who is waaaayyyy over the top. She spit in the officer's face, which she admitted, and that's assault. She got what she deserved…shut the hell up!!
If you actually watch she could not have spit in his face from her position at the time and his fist definitely makes contact and there is no such technique the officer definitely assaulted a minor and is the reason why many officers get a bad name
She's just a scared kid.
Sorry piece of shit
The cop should rot in jail 😡😡😡😡😡✊ðŸ½this is a FOURTEEN year old child scared to death
These comments are appalling.
Manipulative as hell. Probably had parents like that
I was spit on several times working in EMS and never responded like this. This cop deserves to have his license revoked and sent to jail. I understand we are all human but as a public servant, we are held to a higher standard because of everything that is happening in todays world.
Seeing the comments. Watching all the tough wife beaters applauding physical abuse of a teen.
This is America
I read there was a trial and the officer was found not guilty. It says he didn't actually hit her but from this video I can't tell if he made contact or not. This young girl was clearly having a mental breakdown, which is why our police officers should have training that specializes in handling people who have mental health issues. This girl although she might sound like she's older was still a 14 year old girl and this should of been handled much differently than putting her in handcuffs and expecting her to go quietly!
"He loves being a cop…YOU FUCKING BITCH!!"
"Your behavior"… never the fuck mind you're dealing with someone that's obviously disturbed and chemically imbalanced. "NO FUCKING ROOM FOR SYMPATHIES OR UNDERSTANDING from those in a privileged position of public service!! ZERO! Y'ALL FUCKING HEAR??!#&@"—- pointed irony.
She was suicidal. She needed help, not a punch to the face. This is a good example of defunding the police. We need to divert money to personnel trained in dealing with psychotic people, without injury to officer of suspect.
He shouldn’t have lost his temper so easily.
If you’re gonna be a cop you gotta be prepared to deal with people like this. Young or old.
So much for de-escalation. She needed health care pro's not police. See this is how people get shot. The girl is lucky she survived.
Wow! That f***ing officer should be behind bars right now!
and the moron will get fired
wtf he DID punch her, not some crap flinch thing