Off-Duty Cop Fires Gun At Teen
February 24, 2017
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as posted by the channelIt might be time to take this thug’s badge and gun away... Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"The father of the boy, now identified as Christian Dorscht, talked to the Weekly. Read our interview with him here.
A group of teens were walking home from school yesterday afternoon in the West Palais neighborhood of Anaheim when a resident confronted them. The off-duty Los Angeles policeman apparently complained that they were walking on his property. Words were exchanged, the man grabbed a 13-year-old named Christian (per the Facebook post of a woman claiming to be his mom), and kids whipped out their smartphones to film what happened next, a video that's since gone viral.
According to Anaheim police, Christian threatened to shoot the man, which led to the cop trying to cuff him. "You've been resisting this whole time," the man told Christian, who can be seen in the video clutching the youth and refusing to let go. "Punch a kid in the nuts, that's a little pussy move," Christian responded. "Let me go, for the last time!"
Christian alleged in the video that the off-duty cop called a girl a "cunt" when telling her to get off his property, and then tackled him first when he stood up for her.
The verbal exchanges led to the off-duty cop dragging the kid towards some bushes. It's unclear from the tape if he ever identified himself as a police officer. "I'd understand if you were a cop, but you're not a cop," Christian told the off-duty officer at one point during the video. One teen came in to shove the man over the bushes after the impasse. Another took a swing but missed. That's when the off-duty cop reached into his waistband and pulled out a gun. The surrounding youth started backing off—and then a shot rang out.”*
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