What Happens To Taylor Bracey?

The moment that a Florida deputy slams a teen to the ground and it was recorded.

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PROTECT BLACK WOMEN! 

WEAR A DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE!

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE NOW!

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BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED!

As usual, we continue the "What Happened To.....?" series on Journal de La Reyna. I am very concerned that our lives are in grave danger. Just because we gotten past the past four years of a divisive president, doesn't mean we're out of the woods.

The impact is felt. We have a mission to make sure that the current president lives up to the promises he said he will do for the Black community.

No conservatives, you don't get to say Blue Lives Matter. 

You don't support police reform nor accountability. You support moving on. We're tired of moving on to the next tragedy. This shit needs to stop now. 

The Republican Party talks a mean game about being the "party of law & order" but in reality, they want to enforce law on the oppressed. 

Republicans cater to dirty cops, crooked politicians, crooked religious leaders, white nationalists, anti-government extremists, Karens and conspiracy nuts.

Every time a person of color is shot and killed by law enforcement, their names become hashtags and we continue to call for accountability and justice. Often we never get justice because of zealous prosecutors who are in the bed with the police.

The conservatives often want to bring up Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis and Detroit as their counterpoint to gun violence and the need for Black people to hold ourselves accountable. They often try to scapegoat Democrats to the nation's woes. 

Given that the Democratic Party is the party that put two people of color in higher office, the far-right will utilize this as a rally call to extremists. In turn we get more white nationalists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan, Lauren Boebart, Beth Van Duyne, Ron Johnson, Matt Gaetz, Tommy Tuberville, Marsha Blackburn, Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy and Louie Gohmert. 

The calls for police reform, accountability and unity will grow louder. 

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have dozens of issues to handle.

So here's we are. A young teen is body slammed to the ground by a school resource officer in Florida. 

It's coming up to the two year anniversary of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas mass shooting. Did you know that the school resource officer did take action when a white extremist shot and killed 17 Americans. He ended up being caught without a bullet fired.

He awaits a trial where his charges carry LIFE or DEATH. This terrorist's actions led to the March for Lives movement which continues to pressure lawmakers to sever ties to the gun lobby. It was effective. The National Rifle Association filed for bankruptcy and is struggling to find a place where it could run as a charitable organization.

Things are changing post-Parkland. 

But in Osceola County, Florida, things are the same. A county deputy who is the school resource officer and a trouble student. The troubled student disobeys the officer and the officer uses tactics that often are used on adults.

And thank god for cameras. Because often times, cops lie about the encounter with the public. They often are using the "split decision" and "fear for my life" excuses as a way to convince the public to believe them and not the victim.

Florida school resource office body slams a teen to the ground.

These cameras are hopefully going to change the way policing happens in the United States.

So Benjamin Crump, famed civil rights attorney who is involved in the George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmed Arbery, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown incidents is involved in the brutal assault of Taylor Bracey.

Taylor attended Liberty High School and was the teen seen on camera being slammed to ground by deputy Ethan Fournier.

Crump is calling for an investigation which leads to a termination and criminal charges against dirty cop.

"The person who's supposed to protect her is the person who brutalized her," attorney Crump said. "This is an issue especially in the African-American community because oftentimes we see them using this excessive use of force with our children."

This beautiful young lady is 16yo Taylor Bracey. SRO Deputy Ethan Fournier body-slammed her this week, leaving her unconscious as she hit the hard concrete floor of her Kissimmee FL high school. We must hold Fournier accountable! Sign petition:

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) January 31, 2021

 

If you’d like to support #TaylorBracey, please take a moment to sign our petition: https://t.co/1FYM5RT4M3 #JusticeForTaylorBracey

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 1, 2021

 

Taylor is a junior in the school and her mother is dismissing the possible smear campaign rolling her way. 

"She very traumatized at the moment," said Jamesha Bracey. She said Taylor is suffering from headaches, blurry vision and memory loss since the incident. "(We're) just angry and want justice to be served."

As seen in the video, other students were shocked as Taylor's head audibly hit the concrete floor. The deputy is then seen pulling her hands behind her back and handcuffing her.

Taylor's mother said that she was unconscious and doesn't remember hitting the ground. 

She said that the school staff was reluctant to tell her what happened. She doesn't believe she would have gotten a full account if other students had not recorded the altercation.

"Why did you do that to my daughter?" she said. "She's a very sweet girl, she loves to journal....She's a good kid."

The sheriff, Marcos Lopez said that an investigation is on the way. He said that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will take on the matter. He said that the deputy has no record of misconduct.

"From my understanding, it was a disruption of a school function," Lopez said. "The student was not complying with lawful commands. She went after another student."

The family disputes the claims.

"There was never a fight," Crump said. "There was a verbal altercation. Taylor never touched anybody and then this police officer does what we see on that video."

The deputy is in the freezer. He went ahead got his union representatives and lawyer saying that he's the victim and the student was the instigator.

His attorney, David Bigney said in a statement that "school resource officers never want to be put in a situation where they have to use force on a student. Unfortunately sometimes a situation rises to the level where force is justified and necessary."

Taylor Bracey is traumatized by the encounter.

"When a video like this comes out which shows only a small portion of the story, the media and the public tend to jump to the conclusion that the use of force was excessive without knowing what led to the use of force. the use of force in this case was in fact justified."

Okay, so what if she ended up breaking her neck or severing her spine? 

She ends up paralyzed by the encounter, what are you going to say Mr. Lawyer? 

"Well the video shows that she was fine when she hit the concrete floor." 

I am so tired of this "I fear for my life" excuse. You have no business being a cop if you fear for your life. The cops don't have a shield that gives them a right to brutalize members of the public. 

His job is to protect and serve. If the teens were involved in the altercation and they took a swing at the cop, then the use of force is justified. But as a school resource officer, he should know that this stuff is so high school. There could have been other ways to solve disputes.

I mean for Pete's sake, they probably go through metal detectors and have to be searched for weapons while on the school campus. And to think the suburban schools and U.S. Capitol were going without this for years.

Now that the U.S. Capitol has metal detectors and searches of lawmakers carry ons, the Republicans go bonkers. Well I wonder how they manage to get through a federal court building or board an airliner?

Anyway, would you want this done to your child?