grrrls-smashing-the-patriarchy:
Yesterday’s story of the elderly NYC man who was beaten bloody by police for jaywalking today gets a tragic companion from Philadelphia:
A 16-yr-old African American boy was sexually assaulted by a police officer during a “stop and frisk” pat-down. The assault was committed with such violence that the youth’s testicles were literally ruptured.
Now, Darrin Manning of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania may never be able to father children, according to the doctors who performed surgery on his virtually destroyed testicles.
Darrin was a star basketball player with no criminal history to speak of. He was a straight-A student who never got into any sort of trouble. He was with his teammates heading to a game right after school when he encountered an officer who decided he was “suspicious” and needed to be subjected to local “stop and frisk” procedures.
Though no official reason has been given for the stop and frisk, Darrin and the other (uniformed) members of the basketball team who were stopped suggest it was because they were wearing scarves over their faces to protect against the extreme cold Philadelphia, like much of the country, has suffered this winter.
Darrin was put in handcuffs. When the officer began “frisking” him, they grabbed hold of Darrin’s genitals so hard, pulled and twisted, that the teen’s genitals literally tore off.
“I felt the officer reach and grab my butt. Then the officer grabbed my testicles and squeezed again and pulled down. And that’s when I heard something pop, like I felt it POP,” Manning said.
The incident has left the 16-year-old with felony charges of assault and resisting arrest.
“I’m just grateful that they just didn’t kill him,” said Darrin’s mother.
I googled this story. Why the hell is this not making headlines? Oh wait, because he’s a young black male and America doesn’t care about young black males.WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK THO???
Every time I check the news, there’s a new school shooting, another police-sanctioned assault on an unarmed black or brown kid, another cold-blooded murder under the guise of ‘stand your ground’ self-defense, and usually another psychopath walking away unpunished. What are [white] people in this country so constantly afraid of that they have to walk around armed at all times and unload an entire clip full of bullets into the first person who startles or annoys them? When are we gonna start profiling the usual suspects — angry white men?
/rant
WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK.