{"id":24904,"date":"2021-09-21T02:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T20:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/?p=24904"},"modified":"2021-09-21T02:39:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T21:09:59","slug":"the-city-of-philadelphia-agreed-to-award-rickia-young-2-million-for-police-brutality-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/the-city-of-philadelphia-agreed-to-award-rickia-young-2-million-for-police-brutality-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The city of Philadelphia agreed to award Rickia Young $2 million for police brutality case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The subject of police brutality has been part of public discourse for years. Since the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum after the murder of George Floyd, it’s been under an exceptionally bright spotlight. Even with all the examples available, there are still stories that stun with their horrifying blatancy. This is one such instance.<\/p>\n
The city of Philadelphia agreed to pay $2 million to a young Black mother after police officers smashed the windows\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/dSG3BT29Sq<\/p>\n
\u2014 The New York Times (@The New York Times)1631709008.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The headline here is that the city of Philadelphia was just ordered to pay a Black mother $2 million in damages for the beating she endured and trauma she and her 2-year-old experienced at the hands of the Philadelphia police in October of 2020. The story goes on, but there is more.<\/p>\n Here’s the background:<\/p>\n According to NBC10 Philadelphia<\/a>, nursing aide Rickia Young was driving home in the early morning hours of Oct. 27, 2020, after picking up her 16-year-old nephew in West Philadelphia, when she unintentionally drove into a protest over the police killing of Walter Wallace, Jr<\/a>. His family called 911 to report that Wallace was suffering from a mental disorder and wanted medical attention. Police shot and killed Wallace.<\/p>\n Young was ordered to turn back by the police, but when she attempted to make a 3-point turning, officers surrounded her car and beat her windows with batons. Young’s attorney claims that police took Young and her nephew out of the car and struck them. Then police pulled Young’s 2-year-old from the car and took him away, telling her they were taking him “to a better place.”<\/p>\n Young was bleeding and had swelling on her face, body, and trachea. Her mother called her, and she went to find the 2-year old. He was found in the back seat of a car, four miles away from his home, with his hearing aids missing and glass fragments in his car seat.<\/p>\n We can all agree that this is a terrible situation. Here’s the bottom line.<\/p>\n Two days after the incident, the National Fraternal Order of Police\u2014the largest police union in the U.S.\u2014shared a photo of one of the police officers at the scene, holding Young’s son, with the following text:<\/p>\n “This child was lost during the violent riots in Philadelphia, wandering around barefoot in an area that was experiencing complete lawlessness. The only thing this Philadelphia Police Officer cared about at that moment was protecting this child.<\/em><\/p>\n We are not your enemy. We are the Thin Blue Line. And WE ARE the only thing standing between Order and Anarchy.”<\/em><\/p>\n What the police union posted to their social media: https:\/\/t.co\/YgLWUGs2tk<\/p>\n \u2014 Laurie Voss (@Laurie Voss)1631717659.0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The irony would be hilarious if it weren’t so horrifying.<\/p>\n
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