Baltimore School ? Cop Caught On Video Violently Slapping Young Black Teenager...
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/baltimore-schools-officers-charged-video-slapping-student2 Baltimore Schools Cops Charged After Video Of Student Abuse Surfaced
BALTIMORE (AP) — Two Baltimore schools police officer have been charged after cellphone video surfaced showing one of them slapping and kicking a teen at a school while the second officer stood by.
Anthony Spence, 44, and Saverna Bias, 53, turned themselves in Tuesday night, city police announced in a statement Wednesday morning. Both are charged with second-degree assault and misconduct in office. Spence is also charged with second-degree child abuse. Online court records show both posted bond and were released Wednesday.
Spence acknowledged in a telephone conversation with The Associated Press on Friday that he was the subject of a criminal investigation into the actions captured on cellphone video last week at the REACH Partnership School. Spence said last week that he wouldn't discuss the matter because the news media would "twist" the story.
"Right now I'm the bad guy," he said. He referred questions to his lawyer, Michael Davey, who didn't immediately respond to a phone call Wednesday morning.
City police began a criminal investigation into last week's incident at the school after the eight-second clip surfaced. The school district has its own police force separate from city police. The school police department is handling the internal investigation and city police said in the statement Wednesday that case is now in the hands of the city's State's Attorney's Office's public integrity unit.
School officials initially said officers responded to a reported intruder, and that the young man in the video wasn't a REACH student. On Friday, the school system said in a statement that he is "believed to be a student on the school's roster," as asserted by his lawyer, Lauren Geisser. Geisser has said he's a 10th-grader.
On Monday, Baltimore City Schools CEO Gregory Thornton met with parents to discuss the video and said he will review training and selection of school police officers.
The two officers were put on paid administrative leave. School Police Chief Marshall Goodwin is also on leave, but officials have not said why. -
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-school-officers-charged-20160309-story.htmlBaltimore school police officers charged with assault, misconduct in incident on video
The two Baltimore school police officers who were caught on video as one of them repeatedly slapped a student outside a city high school have been criminally charged in the incident.
Officer Anthony Spence, 44, who is seen in the video hitting a young man and then kicking him, was charged with second-degree child abuse, second-degree assault and misconduct in office. Officer Saverna Bias, 52, the officer behind Spence in the video, was charged with second-degree assault and misconduct in office.
A witness told investigators he saw Bias tell Spence, "You need to smack him because he's got too much mouth," according to charging documents.
Warrants were issued for their arrest on Tuesday and served Wednesday morning, according to court records.
The officers turned themselves in overnight, Baltimore police spokesman TJ Smith said.
Both Spence and Bias posted $50,000 bond and were released, records said.
On Wednesday, City Schools CEO Dr. Gregory Thornton said the video depicted an "isolated incident" and said he is "taking a closer look" at improvements to the school system's police force.
"I was appalled and disappointed by the video," Thornton said, according to the school system's Twitter account. "Every emotion from outrage to disappointment went through me.
"Communication with parents are key – that's why we have and will continue to talk with the community about these issues," Thornton said.
Baltimore police last week launched an investigation into the March 1 incident outside the REACH Partnership School after the clip spread widely on social media.
City police investigators said both officers were on duty at the time of the incident. Spence was not attempting to make an arrest and was "not acting in reasonable self-defense," according to charging documents. -
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You ? far removed, y'all don't know ? about these kids and what they need
His reaction after getting kicked in the ass let me know he know he earned it
Yall just blinded by the uniform and lumping this with all the other cases
I dont know the way his boy was calmly and discreetly recording that ? got me thinking he was expecting it and that this might be normal behaviour on the cop part -
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