Arrest of 7 year old boy

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this is the type of shit of why i dont like pigs no matter what color...

[Qdawg]

Dixon: It's 'wrong' to bust 7-year-old boy
Mar 17, 2007

BALTIMORE - Mayor Sheila Dixon apologized at a news conference Friday to the parents of Gerard Mongo Jr., the 7-year-old boy who was sitting on a dirt bike Wednesday when police arrested him and hauled him away in handcuffs to fingerprint him.

“I want to let the parents know I am disheartened by this, and that I’m sorry,” Dixon said. “It is clear to me the arrest was wrong.”

“The officers on the scene should not have arrested the child,” she said.

In a rare acknowledgment, Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, who attended the news conference, said that the arresting officer could have acted differently.

“He had other options,” Hamm said. He declined to elaborate on what the officer could have done.

City leaders were still fuming about the arrest that was first reported by The Examiner Thursday.

Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Friday the group’s members were outraged by the arrest. “It is inexcusable and angers us that we have a police force that feels this is what it means to protect and serve.”

Baltimore Del. Jill Carter said, “We’d be better off if the police were spending their time going after people who are harming our children.”

Hamm said the case against the child has been dropped. None of the officers involved have been suspended pending the investigation, Hamm said.

Hamm also said he did not know if the child was riding the bike at the time of his arrest.

“That’s a gray area,” he said.

Gerard and his mother, Lekisha Dinkins, who wept during an interview with The Examiner, disputed the police claims. Dinkins said her son was sitting on the bike, and she had the key in her house. Police officials initially said he was observed riding the bike by the arresting officer. Since the arrest, Dinkins said her first-grade son has had trouble sleeping after being detained at the Eastern District headquarters where he was questioned by police.

Dixon said she hoped the arrest would not strain the relationship between the police and the community.

http://www.examiner.com/a-624256~Dixon_ ... d_boy.html

[MiChuhSuh]

WTF?!?!?!

He was arrested for "riding his bike on the sidewalk?!?!"

[A Ghost]

WTF?!?!?!

He was arrested for "riding his bike on the sidewalk?!?!"

A dirt bike


Ive seen cops pull over people riding ATVs in the middle of the city and all they get is a ticket.


Theres no need for all that

[Qdawg]

illegal to ride dirtbikes in bmore streets..but like the homeboy ghost said it was uncalled for

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[johnnnny]

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[A Ghost]

lol

[Qdawg]

Protest today over 7-year-old's detention
Mar 19, 2007

BALTIMORE - Protesters will take to this street this afternoon in a “call for justice” for a 7-year-old who was handcuffed and fingerprinted by Baltimore police last week.

Activists and local politicians are expected to take to the steps outside Baltimore City Hall at 4 p.m. today to demand a personal apology for the detention of Gerard Mungo Jr.

The child was taken into custody last Wednesday as he was sitting on a dirt bike outside of his home.

“It is a call for justice for little Gerard Mungo Jr. and his family,” said Daren Muhammad of Baltimore City’s Community Forum think tank and primary organizer of the demonstration.

“We are demanding an apology, not from the comfort of City Hall, but the mayor and the police commissioner should go to the mother’s home where the crime actually took place.”

Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon issued a public apology to Mungo’s parents at a news conference Friday. Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm also acknowledged at the conference that the arresting officer could have acted differently.

Muhammad said the protest also will demand the firing of the officer who arrested the boy, because what he did was “a violation of the boy’s civil rights.”

“The officer is back in the community, which is an intimidation factor toward the young man and his family,” Muhammad said. “There are a number of individuals who could have stopped the procedure at any time, but nobody did what somebody should have done. We will continue to keep the family in our prayers and support them.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-627242~Protes ... ntion.html

[se11]

is nobody saying this is police brutality? this kid and his family should sue the city. he's just sitting they're and a cop arrests him, he's fucking 7, tell him you cant do that or ask for his mom, he's fucking 7 years old. i really dont care what cops do to these punks on the street, but the kid is fucking 7, thats insane.

[EmperorPenguin]

Protest today over 7-year-old's detention
Mar 19, 2007

BALTIMORE - Protesters will take to this street this afternoon in a “call for justice” for a 7-year-old who was handcuffed and fingerprinted by Baltimore police last week.

Activists and local politicians are expected to take to the steps outside Baltimore City Hall at 4 p.m. today to demand a personal apology for the detention of Gerard Mungo Jr.

The child was taken into custody last Wednesday as he was sitting on a dirt bike outside of his home.

“It is a call for justice for little Gerard Mungo Jr. and his family,” said Daren Muhammad of Baltimore City’s Community Forum think tank and primary organizer of the demonstration.

“We are demanding an apology, not from the comfort of City Hall, but the mayor and the police commissioner should go to the mother’s home where the crime actually took place.”

Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon issued a public apology to Mungo’s parents at a news conference Friday. Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm also acknowledged at the conference that the arresting officer could have acted differently.

Muhammad said the protest also will demand the firing of the officer who arrested the boy, because what he did was “a violation of the boy’s civil rights.”

“The officer is back in the community, which is an intimidation factor toward the young man and his family,” Muhammad said. “There are a number of individuals who could have stopped the procedure at any time, but nobody did what somebody should have done. We will continue to keep the family in our prayers and support them.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-627242~Protes ... ntion.html

It's arrests like this that in turn make the community afraid of police. This is insane. Hell, here in the city you can drive your god damn snowmobile down the road and it's legal.

[A Ghost]

This will also make the kid think hes a criminal.

Imagine if you were 7 and the cops arrested you, how would that make you feel.

This kid is gonna hate the cops when hes older.


They need to hire smarter cops

[Qdawg]

Protesters: 'Gerard is a symbol'
Mar 19, 2007

BALTIMORE - Shouting such chants as “save our children, save our community” and “no justice, no peace,” a crowd of about 50 gathered in front of City Hall on Monday in protest of a 7-year-old’s arrest last week.

Carrying signs and fliers, the demonstrators demanded the firing of Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm and a personal apology to the mother of Gerard Mungo Jr., the boy who was handcuffed and interrogated by city police last week for allegedly sitting on a dirt bike on a city sidewalk. All charges against the boy have been dropped.

“We will stay out here as long as it takes,” said Mungo’s aunt, a woman who referred to herself only as “Big Mama.”

“Our case is not the first case, and we are out here to recognize civil rights,” she said.

Mungo’s family was joined by community organizers, activists, religious leaders and the occasional bystanders.

Bishop Carl Montgomery, of the Greater Grace Harvest Church of Baltimore City, said he came to the protest “in support of the young people in the black community and their parents.”

“Gerard is a symbol for broader problems, and the situation is an indicator of an ongoing problem in the black community,” Montgomery said.

Others agreed.

“It was wrong to drag him off that bike, because that boy was innocent, he didn’t know any better,” said Aaron Allen, 40, of Baltimore City.

Though he was not originally part of the protest, Allen said he stayed because “the whole situation hurts him.”

“Police need to keep their hands off people’s children,” Allen said.

Although Mayor Sheila Dixon issued a public apology last Friday, Montgomery called the action an “insult.”

“Public leaders have the responsibility to step to the front line and help bring resolve to these issues.”

Also protesting was the mother of Kevin Cooper, the 14-year-old shot to death by a police officer in his home last year.

Mark Willis, 45, a resident of Baltimore City, said he was protesting for both the Mungo and Cooper situations.

“Police injustice is an ongoing problem, and people need to realize it’s not a myth,” Willis said. “Police are violating constitutional amendments.”

Despite a slow start to the protest, which was set to begin at 4 p.m., by 5 p.m. a larger group moved from the War Memorial to the sidewalk in front of City Hall.However, despite a loud presence, some bystanders didn’t think the protest would garner the results the organizers sought.

“What is going to change? These things happen every day,” said Danny Gibbs, 45, of Baltimore City who watched the demonstration. “Nothing’s going to change, even though things like this can mess up a child for life.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-627721~Protes ... mbol_.html

^ youtube clip of rally

[A Ghost]

Protesters: Shouting such chants as“no justice, no peace,”

Oh crap

[Qdawg]

Mother of arrested boy is charged in new case
Originally published March 25, 2007

The mother of the 7-year-old boy who was arrested earlier this month in Baltimore for driving on a motorized dirt bike was arrested yesterday and charged with hindering an investigation by Baltimore police into an apparent drug deal, a police spokesman said.

Lakisa Dinkins, 31, was arrested in the 2200 block of Prentiss Place about 4:25 p.m. yesterday after plainclothes police ran into a home in pursuit of a man they said was involved in a drug deal, said Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman. Dinkins became belligerent and demanded that the officers leave the house, Harris said.

Dinkins has publicly criticized the Police Department for the arrest March 13 of her son, 7-year-old Gerard Mungo Jr., for riding a dirt bike in the 2100 block of E. Federal St, an incident first reported in The Examiner.

Mayor Sheila Dixon apologized for the arrest. Dinkins has since appeared at a rally outside City Hall and also with mayoral candidate Andrey Bundley, criticizing the Police Department's handling of the case.

Dinkins, Harris said, was being held at the city's Central Booking and Intake Center. He said there was no connection between the two arrests.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/ ... -headlines

[senseofhumorgirl_]

Protesters: 'Gerard is a symbol'
Mar 19, 2007

BALTIMORE - Shouting such chants as “save our children, save our community” and “no justice, no peace,” a crowd of about 50 gathered in front of City Hall on Monday in protest of a 7-year-old’s arrest last week.

Carrying signs and fliers, the demonstrators demanded the firing of Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm and a personal apology to the mother of Gerard Mungo Jr., the boy who was handcuffed and interrogated by city police last week for allegedly sitting on a dirt bike on a city sidewalk. All charges against the boy have been dropped.

“We will stay out here as long as it takes,” said Mungo’s aunt, a woman who referred to herself only as “Big Mama.”

“Our case is not the first case, and we are out here to recognize civil rights,” she said.

Mungo’s family was joined by community organizers, activists, religious leaders and the occasional bystanders.

Bishop Carl Montgomery, of the Greater Grace Harvest Church of Baltimore City, said he came to the protest “in support of the young people in the black community and their parents.”

“Gerard is a symbol for broader problems, and the situation is an indicator of an ongoing problem in the black community,” Montgomery said.

Others agreed.

“It was wrong to drag him off that bike, because that boy was innocent, he didn’t know any better,” said Aaron Allen, 40, of Baltimore City.

Though he was not originally part of the protest, Allen said he stayed because “the whole situation hurts him.”

“Police need to keep their hands off people’s children,” Allen said.

Although Mayor Sheila Dixon issued a public apology last Friday, Montgomery called the action an “insult.”

“Public leaders have the responsibility to step to the front line and help bring resolve to these issues.”

Also protesting was the mother of Kevin Cooper, the 14-year-old shot to death by a police officer in his home last year.

Mark Willis, 45, a resident of Baltimore City, said he was protesting for both the Mungo and Cooper situations.

“Police injustice is an ongoing problem, and people need to realize it’s not a myth,” Willis said. “Police are violating constitutional amendments.”

Despite a slow start to the protest, which was set to begin at 4 p.m., by 5 p.m. a larger group moved from the War Memorial to the sidewalk in front of City Hall.However, despite a loud presence, some bystanders didn’t think the protest would garner the results the organizers sought.

“What is going to change? These things happen every day,” said Danny Gibbs, 45, of Baltimore City who watched the demonstration. “Nothing’s going to change, even though things like this can mess up a child for life.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-627721~Protes ... mbol_.html

^ youtube clip of rally

You know, those officers should've been suspended without pay. Something tells me that if the kid were white, he wouldn't have been arrested and taken down to the station. The police would've explained the situation and then took him home to his mother where the officer would explain everything to his mom.