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A woman called police because a neighbor was threatening her young son.
The police confronted the woman, her daughter tried to intervene and
ended up in handcuffs. The policeman deliberately twisted her arms
to force her to tell him her name. All charges were later dropped.
The family sued. The case was initially allowed to go forward. But on appeal the three judges, 1 each appointed by Bush1, Bush2, Trump, said that since no permanent injury resulted, her constitutional rights were not violated, thus the case is dismissed. Qualified immunity, dontcha know. Also, guess what color skin
the women have.
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“The case at the center of the controversial ruling involves Fort Worth, TX resident Jacqueline Craig and her young child. In 2016, Craig called the police to report an assault committed against her then-seven-year-old son. Craig said that a neighbor choked the child for “littering” after the young boy had dropped raisins in the neighbor’s yard. But when Officer William Martin showed up on the scene, he berated Craig and her child.
Martin ended up violently arresting the mother and her 19-year-old daughter, Brea Hymond, who intervened in the argument. In the process, Martin purposely hyperextended Hymond’s handcuffed arms, and he admits he did intend to force her to tell him her name and age after she initially refused to do so.”
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Hopefully the full court overturns this decision, otherwise the term
“light torture” will enter the lexicon.