At least five high school students in Quakertown, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, have now been held in police custody for more than 72 hours following last Friday’s anti-ICE protest. As of this writing, authorities have not publicly clarified how many students remain detained, what specific charges they face, or why juveniles are being held for this length of time.

Their alleged offense: defending themselves after a police chief, not in uniform, physically assaulted students. The police assault has provoked mass outrage in the community and throughout the country. A Change.org petition demanding the resignation of Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree, who was captured on video choking a young female student, has exceeded 7,800 signatures as of this writing.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    Why isn’t this police chief being publicly hanged like they used to do before with black pe… Oh wait, the guy is white. Never mind then.

    This is the USA, where guys can strangle girls with zero consequences for as long as they are white and carry a badge