Policeman SLAMS 12-year-old boy into a wall for throwing snowballs.

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Just saw this.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5468585/Newcastle-boy-12-slammed-against-wall-police-officer.html

The video here is blurred but on the original post you can see the fear in the boys eyes.

TO PROTECT THE OFFICER THE POLICE ARE CHARGING THE BOY WITH ASSAULT.

Even though the witness states that violence was instigated solely by the police officer.

Disgusting.

Well he’s quite a big 12 yr old, so it might not have been easy to determine his age. And I doubt the policeman’s first response on walking up to him and talking to him was to throw him against a wall, I’m going to hazard a guess that there was a reason he got hold of him.

I’m not sure the video tells the whole story.

You don’t see what’s happened before the video starts and I will wager there is a lot more than snowballing.

The police officer is trying to stop him and the boy isn’t doing as he’s told and keeps trying to walk away.

Should the police just let people who don’t wish to be stopped walk away? Novel idea, don’t be a scrote, and if you are a scrote and try to scarper don’t be surprised if the police do what they physically need to do to stop you.

I don’t agree that was slamming at all.

He was resisting arrest? The policeman was trying to detain him?
And throwing snowballs at what? Was he endangering others?

I would take a wild guess he wasn’t having a fun snowball fight with friends.

Either throwing them at moving traffic or at people who didn’t want snowballs throwing at them.

Nope kid swings round and moves himself to wall. Officer remarkably restrained.

What’s your opinion on it poster?. Boy should have done as was told and maybe next time he will.

The Policeman is in no way at fault, but I'm guessing you don't agree OP?!

That your son OP?

I didn't see any slamming 🤨

Policeman was calm and controlled and doing his job. Kid was trying to get away and resisting being detained.

Child deliberately using stalling tactics to avoid giving address. Didn’t see slamming or sobbing.

The witnesses at the scene reported that the CHILD was not violent prior to the police officer grabbing him. His age has also been confirmed by the police press office. Please read the whole article.

Yeah that kid is resisting arrest and is hardly cowering in a corner. Your eyes must be better than most, I doubt that far away anyone could see anything in his eyes, let alone fear.

He may not have swung at the officer but still was trying to get away. He's over the age of legal responsibility.

Why the need for CAPITALS? V Daily Fail headline typing!

Hardly slamming. And he shouldn’t have been resisting arrest. Poor policemen, can’t do their job these days.

The boy flung himself into the wall!

I can't see that the officer did anything wrong, just going by the video.

He seems very calm and in control.

No sorry he is a teenager and a gobby one at that. How old are all the so called witnesses or are they his mates who will shout he is innocent no matter what he’s been upto? The police man didn’t do anything wrong at all what a lot of hysterics ‘slamming’

I used to live in an area where children this age threw snowballs with ricks in at people and cars. They also dropped items off bridges onto roads and railway lines. That always seemed quite violent if you were on the receiving end. I think that it’s easy to have a snapshot, but the investigation will cover cctv and interviews with witnesses, including the one who called the police.

Rocks, not ricks. Or bricks. They threw bricks too.

Perhaps if the boy had not tried to resist arrest then the police officer would not have had to try and restrain him. Being 12 isn't an excuse for committing a crime and resisting arrest.

I can't see what the police officer has done that is wrong. However, I think it's deeply wrong for the DM to try and whip up some anti-police hatred by publicising this video and making it out as if an innocent 12 year old was doing nothing other than playing before being attacked for no reason by a police officer.

Hmmm
The policeman was trying to keep the boy still because he would not keep still and answer where he lives.
I can’t see the wrongdoing here, other than parents not supervising a child who cannot behave in public.