Guardian: Standing among a group of peaceful anti-racism protesters in downtown Seattle on a recent Saturday afternoon, Mando Avery held his seven-year-old son’s hand as he and three generations of his African American family finished a prayer with members of their church.
Jared Campbell, a police officer with Seattle PD, used mace on a 9-year-old child and refused to give his badge number. We found it anyway. It's 8470. He needs to be held accountable for his on the job child abuse. pic.twitter.com/ZrtVrUhbhV
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Only feet away, Evan Hreha, 34, a hairstylist, arrived at the protests alone.
That was when, Avery said, out of nowhere, a police officer fired mace at the group. It hit his son square in the face.
As the young boy screamed and clutched on to his father, Hreha caught it all on camera. He confronted the officer he believed had maced the boy and told him the footage was going online. He then posted it on social media.
In NYC, an officer pulls down a young protester’s mask as his hands are in the air and pepper sprays him in the face. In Seattle, officers mace a child. A non-comprehensive list of police inflicting violence on demonstrators this weekend: https://t.co/txym0KMwEZ
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Since then, Hreha has been arrested and spent two days in jail for what some are calling police retribution for a video which went viral. The young boy is still traumatized, reeling from the chemical burn on his cheek and asking his parents what he did to deserve it.
“I would say that you were targeting my boy,” Avery told the Guardian, asked what he would say to police.
“I don’t know if you were trying to set an example and strike fear into him. You did a great job.”
What upsets him most, Avery said, is that officers and a group of emergency medical technicians standing about a block away did not step in to help.
“No officer, who’s paid to protect, chose to stand up, break the ranks, go help this child,” he said.
“I just don’t understand how any of them can sleep.” Read more…
Most bad cops are usually veterans,,,,go figure. Christian Jihadist are no different than Islamic Jihadist!
Are you a veteran? How old are you? Just interesting. What country are you from?
Do never take kids at these protests. No matter – peaceful or not so numerous. Everything can change in a second! I think it was firstly father’s fault. It is good that no one got a rubber bullet in the face or eye. The pepper will fade away. But it is a lesson for the future.
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