11 year old Black girl arrested for falsely stealing a car

[Anonymous]

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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..

I agree that people don't know how to accurately gauge the age of people with skin colors they are not familiar with. Children who are tall and develop early are always expected to act more mature than they are. Children who are short and look younger are treated like babies.

Bottom line is, the police should be more cautious about identifying suspects. But who gets hired into the police force nowadays? Probably not the best and brightest...

[Anonymous]

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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.

I know the difference between a child and an adult. If you don't you shouldn't be a cop.

Maybe you should become a cop. Sounds like you have all the answers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:+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).

Why is everyone looking for a major handout? Amazing culture

It’s not a payout. It’s about holding police departments accountable. Unfortunately, the only thing that typically happens is a settlement. While the cops just get a slap on the wrist and some “training”.

Maybe they can pay for some therapy bills. Why would she get a vacation, college tuition a new house ? WTF is this the Powerball?

Nobody mentioned any of that except for you.

Read the thread dum dum

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I know the difference between a child and an adult. If you don't you shouldn't be a cop.

Maybe you should become a cop. Sounds like you have all the answers.

I do know don't cuff an 11yo. I do know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Children are stealing cars in DC. That's the demographic. It's not adults.

Are 11 year old girls stealing cars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I know the difference between a child and an adult. If you don't you shouldn't be a cop.

Maybe you should become a cop. Sounds like you have all the answers.

I do know don't cuff an 11yo. I do know that.

Yes, sounds like you'll do great with MPD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+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).

Why is everyone looking for a major handout? Amazing culture

It’s not a payout. It’s about holding police departments accountable. Unfortunately, the only thing that typically happens is a settlement. While the cops just get a slap on the wrist and some “training”.

In this case it's not clear the cops are even getting a slap on the wrist. The department released a statement saying they were fully in the right.

I guess I can't understand how this poor kid ended up in cuffs. Even if she's tall, she's still clearly a child, and was accompanied by another child, and they were both carrying backpacks in a school zone. How hard would it have been to just say "Hey, kid, where are you coming from" and the kid presumably would answer that they are coming from their 5th grade classroom and then be on their way.

I'm also pretty alarmed at the (white, male) cop telling this kid's cousin to move along. God bless the cousin for having the courage to not only stay when the cop tells her to leave her tween cousin alone with him, but to film it as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+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).

Why is everyone looking for a major handout? Amazing culture

It’s not a payout. It’s about holding police departments accountable. Unfortunately, the only thing that typically happens is a settlement. While the cops just get a slap on the wrist and some “training”.

In this case it's not clear the cops are even getting a slap on the wrist. The department released a statement saying they were fully in the right.

I guess I can't understand how this poor kid ended up in cuffs. Even if she's tall, she's still clearly a child, and was accompanied by another child, and they were both carrying backpacks in a school zone. How hard would it have been to just say "Hey, kid, where are you coming from" and the kid presumably would answer that they are coming from their 5th grade classroom and then be on their way.

I'm also pretty alarmed at the (white, male) cop telling this kid's cousin to move along. God bless the cousin for having the courage to not only stay when the cop tells her to leave her tween cousin alone with him, but to film it as well.

This is an understated part of all of this. Had the cousin not recorded this, I’m sure the 11 year old would’ve ended up being taken and booked, or this entire story would’ve been swept under the rug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Children are stealing cars in DC. That's the demographic. It's not adults.

Are 11 year old girls stealing cars?

Yes, middle schoolers are stealing cars in DC. A 13 year old girl killed an Uber Eats driver a few years ago in Wash DC, and nothing was done by the mayor.

It's because of the immunity from juvenile detention stupidity of the far left. Obviously, parents or older adults are letting their kids do the crime since they do not have to do any time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Children are stealing cars in DC. That's the demographic. It's not adults.

Are 11 year old girls stealing cars?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/20...ear-old/71917347007/

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/was...king-se-dc-children/

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-carjacking-cra...accident-traffic-dmv

https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/21/3-teens-plead...mans-arm-killed-her/

Etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Children are stealing cars in DC. That's the demographic. It's not adults.

Are 11 year old girls stealing cars?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/20...ear-old/71917347007/

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/was...king-se-dc-children/

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-carjacking-cra...accident-traffic-dmv

https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/21/3-teens-plead...mans-arm-killed-her/

Etc

None of those articles are about preteen girls.

[Anonymous]

I think the thing that bothers me the most is that once the police realized that they had a young child in cuffs and that the child was completely innocent and crying, they still didn’t take steps to make sure she got home safely and to make sure her parents knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Children are stealing cars in DC. That's the demographic. It's not adults.

Are 11 year old girls stealing cars?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/20...ear-old/71917347007/

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/was...king-se-dc-children/

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-carjacking-cra...accident-traffic-dmv

https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/21/3-teens-plead...mans-arm-killed-her/

Etc

The last 2 links aren’t 11 year olds, they are of teenagers who can legally drive….

Major difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Children are stealing cars in DC. That's the demographic. It's not adults.

Are 11 year old girls stealing cars?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/20...ear-old/71917347007/

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/was...king-se-dc-children/

https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-carjacking-cra...accident-traffic-dmv

https://www.kktv.com/2023/11/21/3-teens-plead...mans-arm-killed-her/

Etc

None of those articles are about preteen girls.

You are correct that these particular links are about 11 year old boy carjackers and 15 year old girl carjackers. There are numerous other 12 year old reported carjackers, generally with many priors.
There was the famous case in DC of the two girls, 13 and 15, who carjacked and killed the Uber driver. I didn't immediately find any reported 11 year old girl carjackers.

[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.

I know the difference between a child and an adult. If you don't you shouldn't be a cop.

They didn’t know they were looking for an adult.