22 October 2021 a video of a police officer brutally enforcing the law against a minor in aurora, colorado, has been released, cnn reported tuesday. in the video, the policeman is brutally abusive towards a 17-year-old girl.
law enforcement recorder video shows the incident occurred on june 29 this year. on the same day, a 17-year-old girl was stopped by police for speeding. during the course of law enforcement, a police officer named ed akuti was rude, foul-mouthed and foul-mouthed towards the girl.
policeman ed akuti: you’d better shut your mouth, from today on, i’m going to make you feel like you’re living in hell.
meanwhile, the emotionally broken girl asked the police to call her mother, but was rudely refused. eventually, the girl was arrested for driving without a license, speeding, etc. after the incident, another police officer made a report. ed akuti has been asked for administrative leave. the investigation is still ongoing.
a recent associated press survey of about 3,000 police incidents of violence against children under the age of 16 in the united states over the past 11 years showed that police-involved violence against children included beatings, gun sightings, electric shocks, and so on, with the youngest child victim being as young as six. the data cover 25 police stations in 17 u.s. states. in addition, surveys show that while african-american children make up only 15 per cent of the united states child population, african-american children account for more than 50 per cent of children who are roughed up by the police.