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Caught on tape: Cop assaults 15-year-old special needs student


By Stephen C. Webster
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 -- 8:18 pm

For the offense of not having his shirt tucked in, 15-year-old special needs student Marshawn Pitts was slammed into a wall of lockers and pounded repeatedly in the face by a police officer who broke the boy's nose and bloodied his mouth.

The Dolton, Illinois teen told a local CBS affiliate that the officer was cursing at him as he complied with the order to tuck in his shirt. Then, "it was just like, boom!" he said.

The assault, which took place in May, was recorded on a security camera at the Chicago suburb's Academy for Learning.

"The academy is a high school for special-needs students who are emotionally disturbed or struggle with behavioral disorders," noted Chicago Breaking News. "Marshawn was a student there because he suffered brain injuries when he was hit by a car years ago, [family attorney Edward] Manzke said."

During the recording, the officer stoops down and places a cup of coffee on the floor, then threw the teen into the lockers before pummeling him and pinning him to the floor in a maneuver known as the "face-down take-down."

"Zena Naiditch of Equip for Equality, a legal advocacy group that fights for the rights of people with disabilities, looked at the video and said the type of physical restraint used by the officer has killed students," CBS News reported.

Naiditch added that the hold can be lethal because those trapped by it are left unable to breathe. CBS noted that seven states currently prohibit officers from using the "face-down take-down."

The officer has not been identified, but due to the filmed evidence of the assault he has been terminated from the force.

Manzke told WBBM News Radio 780 that Marshawn has since transferred to a new school and the family is planning to file a lawsuit.

This video is from CBS 2 in Chicago, broadcast Oct. 7, 2009.

Whooter:
First of all we all know that these places just label a kid with some disorder so that they can be accepted,  it’s a given that the boy isnt really a special needs kid, just a bully who didn’t want to go to school or comply with the rules.  He had all the control to defuse the situation.  All he needed to do is tuck in his shirt tail and comply with the rules.  But they make the police look like the bad guys.  Where is this country going?  The kid will probably end up suing the police for a million…. blow it all on drugs, OD and forints will add him to the victims list… and so it goes.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "Guest" ---First of all we all know that these places just label a kid with some disorder so that they can be accepted,  it’s a given that the boy isnt really a special needs kid, just a bully who didn’t want to go to school or comply with the rules.  He had all the control to defuse the situation.  All he needed to do is tuck in his shirt tail and comply with the rules.  But they make the police look like the bad guys.  Where is this country going?  The kid will probably end up suing the police for a million…. blow it all on drugs, OD and forints will add him to the victims list… and so it goes.
--- End quote ---
Jeeeeeezzzz... Just how low can ya go, Guest?

Here's that mean monster of a kid who had "all the control to defuse the situation," according to Guest. The kid's nose was broken from being slammed into a locker during the incident:



Here's a YouTube clip of that mean monster of a kid not complying with the rules, and inciting that poor cop into instilling order with a potentially lethal "face-down take-down" restraint (illegal in 4 states due to an unacceptably high mortality rate). Was it a second, or a half-second, before the cop attacked him from behind and smashed him into the wall of lockers?

Dolton Cop Beats Special Needs Student On Camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzHjV0ZVEkk[/list]

And here's an update on that poor cop, who was probably framed and made out to "look like the bad guy," according to Guest... I guess he has a little problem with anger management:

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UPDATE: Cop who assaulted teen now in jail on rape charge; shot ex-wife's new husband 24 times in 'self defense'



The officer who brutally beat special needs student Marshawn Pitts has been identified as 38-year-old Christopher Lloyd, according to Chicago Breaking News, which spoke to Lloyd's father.

The news agency reported that Lloyd is currently in jail after being charged with the rape of a woman he knew and is facing a 20-year sentence should he be convicted.

The Chicago Tribune-backed service adds: "A lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, Nicole McKinney, last summer alleges he gunned down her new husband Cornel McKinney in front of their children outside their home on the 6100 block of South Langley Avenue on Feb. 17, 2008."

An autopsy revealed Lloyd shot the man 24 times, the agency found. He was not jailed at the time as Chicago police accepted his explanation that the killing was in self-defense.

Lloyd also reportedly told his father that the boy he was filmed assaulting had a history of behavioral problems and had cursed at him when told to tuck in his shirt.

Image sample credit: CBS News.

Ursus:
Chicago Breaking News Center
Dolton cop in beating case has troubling history
October 8, 2009 7:43 PM

A Dolton cop caught on camera allegedly breaking a 15-year-old special needs student's nose for failing to tuck in his shirt has a troubling history that includes killing a man in a case of disputed self-defense.

The officer is now in an Indiana jail on an unrelated rape charge.

Christopher Lloyd, 38, was identified today by his father, Charles Lloyd, and Dolton Mayor Ronnie Lewis as the officer who in May was videotaped by a school security camera scuffling with 15-year-old, 140-pound Marshawn Pitts at the Academy for Learning in Dolton.

An attorney hired by Pitts' parents released the videotape earlier this week, calling the incident an "unprovoked attack" on a vulnerable child. The tape, which has no audio, appears to show the officer slam Pitts against a locker, wrestle him to the ground and pin him.

VIDEO shows Dolton police officer and special needs student

But speaking Thursday, Charles Lloyd said he had seen the tape and discussed the incident with his son, who he said was "just trying to do his job as a police officer and is completely innocent."

"My son said, 'Sir, you need to tuck your shirt in,' and this boy said '**** you, I'm not gonna tuck my shirt in, you can't make me,'" Charles Lloyd said.

"That boy struck my son in the eye and broke his glasses -- he had a history of behavior issues," he alleged.

Christopher Lloyd was arrested last month and charged with sexually assaulting a woman he knew at her home in Hammond, his father said.

According to Lake County, Ind., court documents, he held a pillow over the woman's face while sexually assaulting her Sept. 14 and had previously threatened her with a knife.

Lloyd, who's being held in lieu of $110,000 bail, faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted of rape, criminal deviate conduct, criminal confinement and sexual battery, said Diane Poulton, spokeswoman for Lake County's prosecutor.

A lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, Nicole McKinney, last summer alleges he gunned down her new husband Cornel McKinney in front of their children outside their home on the 6100 block of South Langley Avenue on Feb. 17, 2008.

A Robbins police officer at the time, Lloyd was suspended following the shooting but eventually found work with Dolton police in January, his father said.

Though an autopsy shows he shot McKinney 24 times, the lawsuit alleges, he was not charged because Chicago police accepted his explanation that he'd acted in self defense.

Chicago police spokesman Veejay Zala said details of the investigation into McKinney's death could not immediately be found Thursday, but McKinney's attorney, Rahsaan Gordon, said the latest series of allegations against Lloyd showed he shouldn't have been employed as a police officer.

"At some point, people in positions of power need to protect the public," Gordon said. "You have to ask why he was hired."

Lewis denied any impropriety in Lloyd's hiring, saying that the Indiana rape case was "not my problem" and that he hadn't heard of Lloyd until the incident at the Academy was brought to his attention last week. Lloyd was terminated following the incident, Lewis said on Wednesday.

Dolton Police Chief Robert Fox declined to comment, citing pending lawsuits.

--Kim Janssen and Jeremy Gorner


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Whooter:

--- Quote ---Jeeeeeezzzz... Just how low can ya go, Guest?

Here's that mean monster of a kid who had "all the control to defuse the situation," according to Guest. His nose is still swollen from having been broken in the incident:
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I went back thru the previous post and no one said he was a mean monster.  He was a kid who wasn’t doing what he was told and started cursing at a police officer.  The other kids around him see that it is easy to disregard the police protection around him and make fun of the cops thereby making the school unsafe without any authority.




--- Quote ---Here's a YouTube clip of that mean monster of a kid not complying with the rules, and inciting that poor cop into instilling order
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Again I went back thru the previous post and no one said the kid was a monster.  You make this up because your argument is weak and you need to add dialog that isn’t there.  The poor cop is well able to protect himself as we can see, so you are wring there.
What the video shows is the kid ignoring the police thereby showing the rest of the students that they have no power or effect within the school.  This is what gives bullies the power they need to intimidate the other students when they show them that the police cant do anything and are powerless to protect  the weak kids in the school.



--- Quote --- with a potentially lethal "face-down take-down" restraint (illegal in 4 states due to an unacceptably high mortality rate)
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Which means it is legal in 46 states which translates into 92% of the people agree with this type of restraint.


--- Quote ---. Was it a second, or a half-second, before the cop attacked him and smashed him into the wall?
--- End quote ---

He walked halfway down the hallway.  Enough time for the bully to show the rest of the school that he is in charge and if they dont listen to him and show him some respect then they are going to be next and the police dont have the balls or authority to stop him or make the other kids feel safe.

It seems the kid got a wake up call and he wont be bullying anyone there anymore.  This isn’t your A/B student who just misunderstood the rules (we all know this).  It is all about power and if you give it to the bullies then the rule the roust and many other kids end up getting hurt.

Now how many want to bet he sues the school, gets some cash and fucks up his life and ends up on fornits victims list.

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