11 year old Black girl arrested for falsely stealing a car

[Anonymous]

This is one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen. This 11 year old girl was walking home from school and cops show up and arrest her and mistake her for an adult woman who stole a KIA. All because she’s black and wearing a pink jacket.

How incompetent are these cops these days?! Who is training these cops?!

[Anonymous]

This a child and they are looking for a woman. They didn’t have to handcuff her and keep her standing on the sidewalk for everyone to see. She will be traumatized.

[Anonymous]

*falsely arrested

[Anonymous]

Terrible.

[Anonymous]

They detained her, they didn’t arrest her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They detained her, they didn’t arrest her.

She was in handcuffs. Detained, arrested, whatever. A 11 year old girl should not be in handcuffs over a car that she can’t drive nor was even present.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They detained her, they didn’t arrest her.

She was in handcuffs. Detained, arrested, whatever. A 11 year old girl should not be in handcuffs over a car that she can’t drive nor was even present.

Just be honest you guys, if the description was for white woman, no 11yr thru14 yr white CHILD would have stopped and/or detailed. This is the "adulting" of black girls. Yes, it's a thing..

[Anonymous]

As though a car thief would be walking down the street with a backpack on her back chatting with her cousin. These cops are ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Good for her. I hope she goes to college for free. Maybe even law school if she gets enough money from suing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This a child and they are looking for a woman. They didn’t have to handcuff her and keep her standing on the sidewalk for everyone to see. She will be traumatized.

This is a not uncommon experience for Black children unfortunately.

Experiments, including one by the APA, have shown that White people often think Black children are much older than they really are. Even if the child is small for their age and dressed in an age appropriate manner. Add in racial bias by cops and you have a situation like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This a child and they are looking for a woman. They didn’t have to handcuff her and keep her standing on the sidewalk for everyone to see. She will be traumatized.

This is a not uncommon experience for Black children unfortunately.

Experiments, including one by the APA, have shown that White people often think Black children are much older than they really are. Even if the child is small for their age and dressed in an age appropriate manner. Add in racial bias by cops and you have a situation like this.

It’s not “racial bias by cops” if the description is a black female in a pink coat and they detain someone found nearby who is a black female in a pink coat for questioning. Not saying the cops (or anyone else) are perfect but in this case it’s hard to see what they did wrong. Unfortunately kids that age really are stealing cars. That’s what you should have a problem with, not the cops trying to stop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As though a car thief would be walking down the street with a backpack on her back chatting with her cousin. These cops are ridiculous.

This. There's even a school bus going by, so they know school is nearby.
Not only that they couldn't tell how old she was, they also couldn't tell if it was her on the picture. Other kids had to tell the cops that it was not her, and then someone checked the hair length/style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This a child and they are looking for a woman. They didn’t have to handcuff her and keep her standing on the sidewalk for everyone to see. She will be traumatized.

This is a not uncommon experience for Black children unfortunately.

Experiments, including one by the APA, have shown that White people often think Black children are much older than they really are. Even if the child is small for their age and dressed in an age appropriate manner. Add in racial bias by cops and you have a situation like this.

It’s not “racial bias by cops” if the description is a black female in a pink coat and they detain someone found nearby who is a black female in a pink coat for questioning. Not saying the cops (or anyone else) are perfect but in this case it’s hard to see what they did wrong. Unfortunately kids that age really are stealing cars. That’s what you should have a problem with, not the cops trying to stop it.

How do you get an 11 year old confused with a grown woman? Having a pink jacket was the only thing the suspect and the girl had in common. Are you saying that any middle schooler who has a growth spurt should be automatically assumed to be a car thief because “kids that age really are stealing cars”? I’ve never heard of 11 year olds stealing cars in droves.

This isn’t policing, it’s harassment. This family will have a nice lawsuit from this. You don’t go around handcuffing kids because of lazy policing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This a child and they are looking for a woman. They didn’t have to handcuff her and keep her standing on the sidewalk for everyone to see. She will be traumatized.

This is a not uncommon experience for Black children unfortunately.

Experiments, including one by the APA, have shown that White people often think Black children are much older than they really are. Even if the child is small for their age and dressed in an age appropriate manner. Add in racial bias by cops and you have a situation like this.

It’s not “racial bias by cops” if the description is a black female in a pink coat and they detain someone found nearby who is a black female in a pink coat for questioning. Not saying the cops (or anyone else) are perfect but in this case it’s hard to see what they did wrong. Unfortunately kids that age really are stealing cars. That’s what you should have a problem with, not the cops trying to stop it.

How do you get an 11 year old confused with a grown woman? Having a pink jacket was the only thing the suspect and the girl had in common. Are you saying that any middle schooler who has a growth spurt should be automatically assumed to be a car thief because “kids that age really are stealing cars”? I’ve never heard of 11 year olds stealing cars in droves.

This isn’t policing, it’s harassment. This family will have a nice lawsuit from this. You don’t go around handcuffing kids because of lazy policing.

[Anonymous]

+1. It sucks that this happened but she’ll get a nice settlement. New car, new house, vacations and therapy if she needs it.

Also a nice way to start off 2025 for her lawyer who’ll take a big cut, and I’m sure a Go Fund Me is in the works for her parents’ lost wages and the “stress” of the situation.

Settlement courtesy of us taxpayers, via the dumb cops. Yes, the cops should have more education and be better… but who else is going to do it? We’re stuck with the few stupid individuals who agree to go into law enforcement.

(I’m not mocking the legitimate fear and stress that this CHILD has endured… just commenting on what a joke our law enforcement is and how everyone takes a tragedy and turns it into personal gain and nothing will change).