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Body-camera video released by police shows an incident in which officers pepper-sprayed a 15-year-old girl after her bicycle allegedly hit a car in Hagerstown. Authorities say the girl had refused to cooperate with police trying to question her about the accident and find a parent to authorize her refusal to receive medical treatment from paramedics on the scene. The 15-year-old girl faces charges of disorderly conduct, second degree assault, possession of marijuana and failure to obey a traffic device. The incident has prompted disagreement about whether the officers acted properly.
Late Wednesday night, Hagerstown Police released the body-camera footage of the incident. In a press release, police say the video begins with footage from the first officer on the scene. The recording stops, they say, when the camera was disabled when it was kicked by the teen. Video resumes with body-camera footage from another officer who responded. Hagerstown Police Capt. Paul Kifer said the incident happened on Sunday. The white officer who arrested the mixed-race girl had to subdue her with chemical spray to get her into a cruiser for a ride to the police station, he said.
“The investigation had to be done,” Kifer said. He said that while she appeared uninjured, police also wanted to make sure the girl wasn’t hurt and find out who she was. “At that point, as would be even with an adult, if you’re refusing to give us information on a traffic situation, at that point you can be arrested until we determine who you are,” he said.
Kifer said investigators determined that the girl caused the accident. She’s also charged with failure to obey a traffic device and marijuana possession. Kifer refused to publicly identify her, citing privacy concerns. Several officers involved in the girl’s arrest remain on duty while the department investigates, Kifer said.
Attorney Robin Ficker, retained by the mother, said police should have taken the diminutive girl to a hospital, as her father did after picking her up at the station. Ficker said she wasn’t admitted but suffered sprained muscles and soreness everywhere, including her wrists from being handcuffed. He said she’s been unable to participate in high school soccer and wrestling practice.
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I would see this girl future 😑😑
I still think for underage without weapon its too much.
Just let the black officers deal with the black kids! We don’t want y’all handling our kids, we know y’all want to see them dead!!!!!!!!!!
nigha needs to shut the fuck up
That kid will hates cops for the rest of her life, no doubt she's throwing bricks at them at BLM Riots.
Im very late, but this one sparks the joy!
its sad how if it was a teenage boy they would tase him or shoot him
Another gem.
A bit excessive seen as tho it’s a little girl 👧 Ffs man
And this is why police are considered racist
Start saving for bail money for this little brat
if she just cooperated and acted nice she wouldnt have any charges including the marijuana charge
Crazy how people in the comments believe the officers were in the right. This is why we do not need law enforcement to police our neighborhoods. They act like they're our parents. This is unacceptable. You people all are sheep and need to wake up to these fear tactics that they use.
This is the result of single motherhood in the A.A community. Until everyone admits the importance of fathers God given position of discipline, this will continue to be the case. Stupid kids challenging authority.
Happened because parents expect everyone else to raise kids
its like they get taught to say "i cant breath, i didn't do shit" since they are little kids: Why don't they get taught to just COMPLY….
They didn't use enough pepper spray.
This is the manifestation of the left. Keep voting left, and you can kiss "law and order" goodbye. 💋
Pepper spraying a 15 year old girl whose in handcuffs and is already in the back of a cop car is pathetic.
I bet if she would have just listened and didn't resist she wouldnt have received and muscle injury's smfh
FTP
why is she sooo stupid?!
This is what entitlement looks like
Very satisfying video
Y’all are fuckin Sick in these comments.
She does not like getting arrested
😢
She always gets in trouble for this
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All y’all racist bxtches stfu
In fact, it was difficult for the police to arrest and put her in the police car, but the pepper spray was no longer needed, but they used the pepper on the girl, in this case for no reason
What's police expecting for!? Its not necessary for the a girl, missed comunicate with the teenage
What a brat
If you don't want other people to treat your kids like the shits they are!
Teach them at home…
Entitled little brat.
Is it just me or do blk people always fight with police and cry when they get hurt or killed.
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Oh yes handcuffs don’t hurt that bad😂😂😂
She rude like her mama
BLM: THAT'S RACIST!!!!
I can see her in the near future without a high school diploma and in an orange jumpsuit behind bars screaming and throwing temper tantrums.
i don't know for what the americans are addicted to the marijuana (the teenager had marijuana)
She will be single with 5 kids on welfare with 4 different men within 3 years
I can’t help but watch on repeat I’m drinking her tears so satisfying 😂ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚☠ï¸ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜ðŸ¤£ðŸ˜