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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he needs to be looking for another job and not in police work
just not right!!! 🙁
Tho this does not surprise me, I find it truly depressing.
darkhalf2 says:
“I hate to admit this but I do not blame the officer. Hispanics gangs have been using rosaries to show what gang they are in . Not so much for the crucifix but the color of the beads. Many and I do many latin gangs use this to show their colors when they are not allowed to wear it on their clothes. Do not believe me! You can google it.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/police-brutalize-14-year-old-wearing-rosary/comment-page-1/#comment-670066
…gang wear or not, he committed no crime!! Freedoom dictates a crime must occur before they TAKE YOUR RIGHTS AWAY!!
Gangs??? Sad!!!
I hate to admit this but I do not blame the officer. Hispanics gangs have been using rosaries to show what gang they are in . Not so much for the crucifix but the color of the beads. Many and I do many latin gangs use this to show their colors when they are not allowed to wear it on their clothes. Do not believe me! You can google it.
Well, if that was the case, the Police officer should have VERIFIED that fact, before attacking the young boy!!! Just should have brought him in for questioning, and maybe he would have found out the real reason he was wearing the rosary, which actually in memory of his brother!!! Could have saved a lot of problems….
police brutality lawsuit??????
Jeeze….yal really believe this c**p ?????!!!! I got an island i need to sell !!!cheap !!!!
sue…. no person has the right to ask us Christians to not display our faith….. I wear a cross….. wouldn’t remove it for anyone! If God be for me…. who can be against me….. U.S. Military Vet