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Boy, 7, arrested for riding dirt bike on sidewalk
BALTIMORE - Police arrested a 7-year-old boy, handcuffed him and hauled him down to the station house on a charge of riding a motorized dirt bike on a sidewalk.
Then, according to his mother, Gerard Mungo Jr. was handcuffed to a bench and interrogated before being released to his parents.
"They scared me," Gerard told The Baltimore Examiner before breaking down in tears.
Mayor Sheila Dixon apologized Friday for the arrest, and Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm said it would be investigated internally.
The arrest came after an officer saw Gerard riding his dirt bike on the sidewalk in east Baltimore on Tuesday, police spokesman Matt Jablow said. Hamm, citing the internal probe, declined to discuss how the rest of the incident unfolded.
Kikisa Dinkins said her son was sitting on the bike with the motor off on the sidewalk when an officer grabbed him by the collar and pulled him off.
"I told them to let go of my baby," Dinkins said. "Since when do you pull a 7-year-old child by his neck and drag him?"
Dinkins said she called for a police supervisor to intervene, but the confrontation continued to escalate after the supervisor arrived.
"They started yelling at him, 'Do you know what you did is wrong, son?'" Dinkins said. "He was so scared he ran upstairs."
Police arrested Gerard and confiscated the bike.
Dinkins said officers fingerprinted him and took his mug shot. Hamm could not confirm that and said those actions would not have been normal procedure in a non-felony case.
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Posted in: News on March 17, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
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Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid... idiots. People who do shit like that need to take PMS medication or something.
Funny how they automatically they did it because he was black. His color has nothing to do with it! They treated him like shit anyways!
I dont like using the race card. i think that what happened was wrong, but no one will ever really know exactly why the officer was excessive.
rockdoll is correct.
but i also disagree with 'he'll never be the same'. this is overblown
As was their reactions, to be honest. He was only a 7 year old kid sitting on an a dirt bike that was OFF. He did literally NOTHING. What kind of true justice is that?
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD!!!
GOOD GOD PEOPLE HAVE NO SENSE OF JUSTICE, NOW HE WILL GROW UP THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEING SCARED OF POLICEMEN.
theres a few things the EX (hopefuly) police officers missed...
1: HES 7 YEARS OLD!!!
2: HE HAD THE MOTOR OFF!!
3: HE DID NOTHING WRONG!!
4: HIS MOTHER WAS WATCHING HIM!!!!
5: the cop is a retard!
i agree the cop was fuckin stoopid the kid was only 7!!!!
Wow, I am so glad that cops are so fair and just these days. There is absolutely no ageism here.