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DAYTON, Ohio - Dayton police "mistook" a mentally handicapped teen-ager's speech impediment for "disrespect," so they Tasered, pepper-sprayed and beat him and called for backup from "upward of 20 police officers" after the boy rode his bicycle home to ask his mother for help, the boy's mom says.
Pamela Ford says her "mentally challenged/handicapped" son Jesse Kersey, 17, was riding his bike near his Dayton home when Officer Willie Hooper stopped him and tried to talk to him.
Originally posted by Acidtastic
sorry to be the one to break it to you, but this is a repost....
www.abovetopsecret.com...
(still going to flag and star it, cos the venom is just boiling over this one)edit on 30/6/2011 by Acidtastic because: (no reason given)
That's cool then, my star and flag will not be wasted
Originally posted by Signals
Originally posted by Acidtastic
sorry to be the one to break it to you, but this is a repost....
www.abovetopsecret.com...
(still going to flag and star it, cos the venom is just boiling over this one)edit on 30/6/2011 by Acidtastic because: (no reason given)
Thanks for pointing that out, I hate to be another guy saying "search still sucks"...but it does.
We are allowed to have same threads if one is in a Breaking News forum though
Originally posted by Screwed
Already a thread on this.
Mods please delete.
There are enough duplicate threads already.
Originally posted by Signals
It's programming, they are getting us ready for something.
Originally posted by bhornbuckle75
reply to post by Signals
I've been having a hard time finding any source for this story other than 'courthouse news' which seems to be the original...I've even looked on local Ohio news sites, and searched for "Jesse Kersey" in the search bar...but found nothing. I'm starting to think this is perhaps a fake story....At the very least it seemed VERY one sided, which is why I was trying to find a more impartial version of the story.....and couldn't find ANY other version except for the ones that linked back to 'Courthouse News'. Can anyone find another source for this?
It wasn't that long ago that you could still trust many police officers, and they were truly there to protect and serve as public officers.
Originally posted by PuterMan
I have to just shake my head and ask "what happened?"