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“TO SERVE AND PROTECT” – Beware of calling the police to do a “welfare check”. This is not an isolated incident and not unique to Durham police.

Posted bywpengine 7 June 2019

The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was arrested by Durham police last month says was “shocked and appalled and hurt” to see video of an officer punching her son after she asked police to conduct a wellness check.

Source: ‘This was not a criminal call’: Mom says Durham police ‘violated’ her trust in arrest of teen son caught on viral video | The Star

Posted bywpengine7 June 2019Posted inUncategorized

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