14-year-old Jacob Herrera from Amarillo, TX attended a school football game last week and was asked by officer, Corporal Wilson, to remove the rosary he was wearing.
When Herrera refused the officer appeared to use excessive force, according to an eyewitness.
Cops ask people not wear a rosary as it could be gang related.
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ya what else did he do?
Did you morons watch the report? He was asked to remove it due to dress code. Some rosaries are gang related. Why did they fight I dont know i wasn’t there but he obviously resisted arrest leading to the hold on the ground. Aren’t you glad he wasn’t tased? Stupid people judging a situation you know nothing about.
This a little over the top again !! That cop should be job hunting next week or be demoted !!
Cops push buttons with a napoleon bullying. ..is this idiot trying to justify terrorizing a 14 year old over his right to wear a religious symbol…the cop was suppose to be in charge of this situation and he was inept in this simple situation whereas the cop let it escalate it until the cop got out of control…cops need to be retrained on their job.. to protect and SERVE…
to get arrested for wearing a Rosary .. i don’t care if it is “some what gang related” it is still a Christian article .. but if that is the case then every one that has a shaved head or tattoos or blue jeans even should be arrested for being gang related .. this cop over stepped the line big time on this one .. IMO
That is a real chicken$#%&!@* move by the cop.
But rosaries are totally in-fad, ironic hipster fashion…
Man this is terrible
WTF?
Xero says:
“So, what are you saying Jason? If a latino gang decides to use gold bands on their finger as a gang symbol, that all married people can no longer where wedding bands?”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/police-brutalize-14-year-old-wearing-rosary/comment-page-4/#comment-670477