A cop was caught on camera threatening to send a teen to the “f—ing hospital” after a tense confrontation in Maryland, where police officials are now reviewing the footage.
Video of the incident posted to Facebook Wednesday shows a boy struggling with an unidentified Baltimore police officer who is trying to take him into custody. Two other women are also involved in the melee, one of whom repeatedly warns the cops not to touch her son.
“Calm the f— down,” the boy’s mother screams as her son is on the ground wrestling with the officer. “Calm the f— down!”
The woman then claims the officer hit her son while further subduing him. Another bystander then asks the officer directly why he struck the boy.
“’Cause he just tried to squeeze my testicles,” the officer replies before putting handcuffs on the boy.
The officer then leads the boy — who is “no older than 12,” according to the video — to a waiting police cruiser. The boy is seen again struggling with the officer, kicking him several times before he’s put in the back of the patrol car.
“I’m about to send this kid to the f—ing hospital,” the officer then says before slamming the patrol car door with two hands. “He spit in my f—ing face. If I see him again, I’m going to beat the s—t out of him.”
“Oh really?” a woman replies.
Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith told the Baltimore Sun on Thursday that the department is reviewing civilian and bodycam footage of the incident. Officers seen on the video were responding to a burglary call, according to the newspaper. The interaction was “clearly a very hectic and chaotic scene,” Smith told the newspaper.
“We take these matters very serious and Commissioner Tuggle has demonstrated his commitment to transparency and accountability,” Smith told the newspaper. “This case is being reviewed by the Office of Professional Standards as we speak and that would include the video clips taken by civilians and posted to social media as well as the police officers’ Body Worn Cameras that we hope provide a more conclusive version of events from start to finish.”
