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Watching The Cops Title: Cops Tackle 11-Year-Old Girl and Hold Her at Gunpoint, In Her Own Home Groveland, Florida – Two Florida cops are being accused of throwing an 11-year-old girl to the ground and holding her at gunpoint in her own home. The police were dispatched to the home because someone had accidentally set off the burglar alarm. Since the alarm tripped accidentally, no one in the house was aware that the police were on their way. When officers let themselves into the house with guns drawn, it was a total surprise to the young girl who was sitting at home watching television. “One of the officers was pushing me down and when he was pushing me down, (he) put his knee on me and the other officer had his gun pointed at me,” the young girl told Channel 9. The girl’s father, Jean Guirand couldn’t imagine how the police officers would possibly think that she was a threat, and treat her that way in her own home. “Someone should get fired for doing something like this,” Guirand said. He also told reporters that his daughter was traumatized by the experience. When the story went public, it was discovered that the officers involved have a short history with the police force, but a long list of complaints. According to Channel 9 news, Officers James Festa and John Rigdon have only been with the department for three years, but both have been disciplined several times. According to his personal file, Festa was reprimanded in December for botching a child abuse investigation, and was suspended for sleeping on the job back in 2013. Meanwhile, Rigdon was suspended in May and demoted in 2013 and has been accused of filing false police reports on several occasions. Instances of police throwing young folks on the ground and holding them at gunpoint, in their own home aren’t isolated. In October, a North Carolina teen was assaulted and pepper sprayed by police in his own home after he was mistaken for a burglar. 18-year-old DeShawn Currie was accused of robbing the house in which he lived.
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 26. "The girl’s father, Jean Guirand couldn’t imagine how the police officers would possibly think that she was a threat ..." Really? He can't imagine how an 11-year-old can be a threat? I can. "... and treat her that way in her own home." Right. They knew it was her home.
#8. To: misterwhite (#5) "The girl’s father, Jean Guirand couldn’t imagine how the police officers would possibly think that she was a threat ..." Attaboy!! You never stop making excuses for the badged thugs, do you paulsen? For the record, please tell us all how an 11 year old girl watching TV in her own home could possibly be a threat to anyone?
#19. To: Deckard (#8) "For the record, please tell us all how an 11 year old girl watching TV in her own home could possibly be a threat to anyone?" The cops were responding to a burglary. They did not know a) the alarm was accidentally set off, b) the girl was not the burglar, c) it was her home, and d) the girl was unarmed. YOU know that because you read it. THEY didn't know that at the time. Are you saying they should have known "a" through "d"? How should they have known that? Since they couldn't have possibly known those things, she posed a threat because she could have been an armed intruder.
#21. To: misterwhite (#19) (Edited) she posed a threat because she could have been an armed intruder. An 11-year-old girl watching TV is a threat? Good grief man, listen to yourself! And the dog was just "collateral damage"? When did cops become such cowards? You and Missy Palmdale are the biggest badge bunnies on the site.
#24. To: Deckard (#21) "An 11-year-old girl watching TV is a threat?" Different question. You asked me "how an 11 year old girl watching TV in her own home could possibly be a threat to anyone?" I told you.
#26. To: misterwhite (#24) Different question. You asked me "how an 11 year old girl watching TV in her own home could possibly be a threat to anyone?" I told you. Yes - you told me that you and the cop are both cowards.
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