And #HandsUpDontBite is born:
https://twitter.com/StudentWarrior/status/607701786615422976
In Hialeah: #JavariusRagin was mauled by a K-9 while surrendering. http://t.co/47Ig1JG4lO
— Carolyn M-C (@CMartinezClass) June 3, 2015
Lawsuit: Hialeah police dog mauled teen's crotch attempting to surrender #JavariusRagin http://t.co/96NzQqUGNL pic.twitter.com/IKt4kRcDPb
— deray (@deray) June 11, 2015
Or course, here are the relevant parts of the story not excerpted by DeRay. Ragin was in a stolen car and ran from the police when caught:
Back on Christmas Day 2013, Hialeah police pulled over a car that had been reported stolen. Four young men inside bailed out and began running. Ragin, then 14 years old, says he was only a passenger.
According to the suit, Hialeah Lt. Margaret Daniels saw Ragin hide in an unlocked shed. Officer Earles Gonzalez opened the door and ordered Diesel to attack even though “Ragin was a juvenile and standing with his hands up in the air,” the federal lawsuit alleges.
And he admitted it:
Ragin was charged with grand-theft auto, resisting with violence and unoccupied burglary. According to his lawyer, the charges were dropped after he completed a program for first-time juvenile offenders.
So this teen gets off easy and now he gets to sue, too?
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