Philadelphia has settled a case with a mother whom police officers dragged from her car and beat up during protests against police violence last year. The city settled for $2 million before she filed a lawsuit. whyy
More than a dozen officers surrounded an SUV in West Philadelphia, beat two passengers, and separated a two-year-old boy from his mother for several hours.The Fraternal Order of Police, the world’s largest organization of sworn officers, posted on social media a picture of a Philadelphia officer holding Rickia Young’s two-year-old son, saying that he was: “lost during the violent riots in Philadelphia, wandering around barefoot in an area that was experiencing complete lawlessness.
The post ended by saying “We are the Thin Blue Line. And WE ARE the only thing standing between Order and Anarchy.”A few hours later, Philadelphia police released Young without filing any charges, and let her reunite with her son.“He’s already audibilized a fear of police. He’s afraid of the dark. Loud noises,” Mincey said. “He’s more easily startled. Those are just examples of some of the things he’s been dealing with since this happened.
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