Video footage has captured the shocking infinitesimal jeering cops held down a Louisiana lad arsenic his parent brutally bushed him with a loop - striking him astir 40 times over.
Two Baton Rouge constabulary officers are present nether probe for allegedly helping the parent bushed her 14-year-old lad successful a 2019 interrogation astir a shooting.
Disturbing bodycam video, obtained by WBRZ, shows Officers Adam Rhodes and Jermaine Javius not lone witnessing the beating but actively participating, holding down the teen and mocking him portion his parent continuously strikes him.
The graphic, caller footage captures Rhodes becoming assertive erstwhile the teen initially laughs disconnected questioning, telling him, 'I'm not your momma, laughter each you f**king privation to.'
'That's crazy,' the teen replied successful the video.
'No, what's brainsick is your level of cowardice,' Rhodes responded.
The officers' engagement came during questioning astir a drive-by shooting, with Officer Rhodes pressuring the parent to commencement the beating.
'You got a belt? Undo your belt. Let's spell successful the house. I committedness I'll clasp his limb portion you teardrop that a** up. I ain't kidding astatine all. Below the waist, don't interruption the tegument - that's what the instrumentality says,' Rhodes allegedly said to the mother.
Video footage has captured the shocking infinitesimal jeering cops held down a Louisiana lad arsenic his parent brutally bushed him with a loop - striking him astir 40 times implicit (Pictured: Officer Adam Rhodes allegedly helping the parent bushed her kid connected video)
The 2 Baton Rouge constabulary officers are present nether probe for allegedly helping the parent bushed her 14-year-old lad successful a 2019 interrogation astir a shooting
Police Chief T.J. Morse defended the officers, claiming the parent requested their assistance successful disciplining her son.
'The parent requested officers assistance her to subject her son. Officers did comply with her petition and held the 14-year-old antheral down connected a furniture portion the parent deed him connected his rear with a belt.'
However, the teen's lawyer Ryan Thompson disagrees and has present sued the section successful respective unrelated use-of-forces lawsuits.
'In nary concern bash courts authorize officers to clasp a 14-year-old kid down - a unfortunate - successful the sanction of getting information,' Thompson said.
Disturbing bodycam video, obtained by WBRZ, shows Officers Adam Rhodes and Jermaine Javius (pictured) not lone witnessing the beating but actively participating, holding down the teen and mocking him portion his parent continuously strikes him
The teen's lawyer Ryan Thompson disagrees and has present sued the section successful respective unrelated use-of-forces lawsuits
'What is simply a constabulary officer's job, and I warrant you, that station does not thatch them to assistance successful disciplining children, truthful this conception that officers were successful the right, I would wholly disagree with it, and I would adhd that I'm sure, successful fact, I cognize it is not wrong policy.'
'If this is called assisting successful disciplining a kid I would accidental that, if this was my child, I wouldn't privation their help, anyone watching this would not privation the Baton Rouge police's help,' Thompson said.
'There needs to beryllium attention. There needs to beryllium thing done successful the attraction of our juveniles and our elderly,' Thompson said.