Horrifying video shows Philadelphia cops assaulted a family in a car — then tried to use it as propaganda
October 30, 2020 in Blogs
The conduct of Philadelphia police officers and the nation’s largest law enforcement association this week amounted to what one journalist called “an extraordinary mix of police violence and disinformation,” after it was revealed Friday that officers beat a young mother who had accidentally driven into a protest and then snatched her toddler from the car and later used his image in pro-police propaganda.
Along with several posts urging voters to support President Donald Trump, the Fraternal Order of Police on Thursday night posted a photo of a toddler who the union falsely claimed had been found by Philadelphia police “wandering around barefoot” amid the “lawlessness” of the fourth night of demonstrations over the killing of Walter Wallace, Jr.
But the union soon deleted the post after being confronted by the Philadelphia Inquirer and lawyers for the two-year-old boy’s mother, Rickia Young, said the officers forcibly removed the toddler from his mother’s vehicle after smashing the car’s windows and violently arresting Young after she accidentally drove into an area where protesters were being confronted by lines of riot police.
The reality of what the photo shows, tweeted HuffPost reporter Ryan J. Reilly, offers “a tremendously valuable lesson in why you always need to treat initial police narratives with intense skepticism.
.@GLFOP has now deleted their propaganda posts on Facebook and Twitter, but offered a tremendously valuable lesson… https://t.co/14kFuehZpM— Ryan J. Reilly (@Ryan J. Reilly)1603993170.0
1/ This post by @GLFOP is a lie. My firm @MinceyFitzRoss represents this boy and his mother. This photo was taken m… https://t.co/nRP9ZFNAvF— Riley H. Ross III (@Riley H. Ross III)1604020707.0
According to attorneys Riley H. Ross III and Kevin Mincey, Young attempted to turn around immediately after she turned down a street where police were clashing with protesters Thursday night, while her son and teenage nephew were in the car with her.
While she was trying to make a three-point turn as directed by officers, the police suddenly surrounded her SUV, smashing Young’s windows while the toddler sat in the back seat. The police violently dragged Young out of the car, beat her with batons, and then threw her to the ground.
A nearby resident, Aapril Rice caught the police violence on video:
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