"They tortured him"; police used Taser on special needs teen for breaking window before shooting him

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"They tortured him"; police used Taser on special needs teen for breaking window before shooting him
cbsnews.com

CHICAGO (CBS) -- It was a broken window complaint that led to a 14-year-old boy being shot by a police officer.

But before being shot, the teen had been repeatedly tasered. The intense pain caused the teen to run.

Dave Savini and the CBS 2 Investigators reveal a disturbing trend of who officers are more likely to use Tasers on.

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a police disciplinary investigation into the incident didn't even begin until last month - a year and a half after the teen was tasered and shot.

And this is why ACAB. If it takes the cops that long to even start looking into a problem, then they don’t see it as a problem.

ACAB, assigned crab at birth?

All Cats Are Beautiful :3

It means: All Cops are Bad. I know I hate abbreviations too

Civil servants are what they used to be.

Not at all. The current police model was created to capture run away slaves. They've always been a method of oppression, you just didn't hear about it as much before the internet.