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December 23, 2016

Texas Officer Assaults, Arrests Family Who Called 911 for Help
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In Texas, a Fort Worth police officer has been placed on restrictive
duty after an online video showed him violently arresting a woman and
her teenage daughter, after the woman called 911 to report an assault on
her 7-year-old son. Video of the incident went viral after it was posted
to Facebook on Wednesday night. The video shows 46-year-old Jacqueline
Craig, who is African-American, telling a white police officer that a
white man choked her son after the boy supposedly threw a piece of paper
on the ground. The officer, who has not been named, responds, "Why don't
you teach your son not to litter?"

Officer: "Why don't you teach your son not to litter?"

Jacqueline Craig: "Uh, I didn't. He can't prove to me that my son
littered. But it doesn't matter if he did or didn't. It doesn't give him
the right to put his hands on him."

The video next shows Jacqueline Craig arguing with the officer over the
alleged assault on her son, before the officer tackles and handcuffs
Craig, while pointing a weapon at her and at her teenage daughter. The
officer then tackles and arrests the girl, as well. In a statement, the
Fort Worth Police Department said it has launched an internal affairs
investigation into the arrests.


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