16 Year-Old Girl Arrested Over Cake Crumbs
I have to admit most of of the black blogger posts I highlight are probably from the Villager and this is no exception. Here’s another story we need to be watching which involves the assault/arrest of a 16 year-old African-American girl by a school security guard in Palmdale, CA. The incident was over her dropping a piece of cake on the floor during an event and not picking it all up. The guard confronted her, handcuffed and slammed her on the table breaking her wrist in the process. Due to some quick thinking by one of the students (who was later arrested) the ordeal was recorded on a cell phone and given to the local news station. There’s more to the story and I ask that you check it out because this is just an inkling of what’s happening in our society.
I try to keep from throwing the race card without knowing all the facts. But even if I kept it in my pocket, you still have to admit the guard was in the wrong. No matter how much you dress it up BS still stinks and this young girl is now expelled from school over some cake crumbs on the floor. Something isn’t right and I hope the community and the school are making the necessary moves to get this issue resolved. Villager, thanks for making us aware of this story.
Palmdale Teen Beat by Security Guard Over Cake Crumbs
Parents Protest Beatdown of Black Teen in Palmdale
Audio: Mother Of Girl Assaulted & Arrested For Dropping Cake
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Here we go again. We have to let the entire story come out but like I said, here we go again. If you personify America, it seems as if its body is waging an internal war against itself.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 am
Theo, these stories are disturbing. They appear to be coming at us with remarkable frequency. Anyhow, we need to stay vigilant…
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
Villager, I thing so too. There were a couple here in Dallas that I haven’t even blogged about yet.
Joel, I’d like to hear the other side of the story also. I know teens can be unruly at times, but physical restraint should only be used if they are putting themselves or others in danger by their actions. I couldn’t imagine what I would do if it were my child. A broken wrist? Damn that. I’m getting pissed just thinking about it.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Most definitely Theo. There’s no reason for a male security guard to hem up a teenage girl like that. Broken wrist or no broken wrist, it’s no excuse. Knowing the full story and if she threatened him in some way would be good but I can’t see anything justifying what he did.
October 10th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Hey There Theo,
This is truly an outraged. This is just another sign that racism and assault on the black community not only has never left but is on the uprise.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Assumptions, hearsay, prejudice. You all jump to conclusions immediately assuming this girl is an innocent because she is Black and the guard White. This is not 1960 Selma. In today’s society, young Black children are taught that to disrespect “the man” is A-okay. Be rude, nasty and cuss out any authority figure is okay. You do not need to obey any rules and there are no limits to placed on you. Bad behavior is rewarded. This girl’s wrist was not broken per the ER doctor. This is all a scam, the girl’s mother (no father in the picture of course) is building up to a law suit. There is a history of illegal activity, drugs, gangs and all sorts of ghetto related stuff that exists in this girl’s “home life” if you dare call it that. Neighbors who live on the street where this girl’s “family” resides have gotten restraining orders against the girl’s mother. What a bad influence. Ghetto trash is all these people are.
October 13th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
What was the reason for using force? Whether she was disrespectful or not, that is not his job to provide correction. He’s a security guard. If no one was in danger of being hurt, then his job should have been to report her to the principal. Not take the situation into his own hands.
How can you say something like that about black families? Generalizations probably based on the news or some movie. It’s views like that that make things worse. Check out my podcast. There’s a lot of good information in it and you might learn something about black people.
October 14th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
You know it wouldn’t be long before some internet troll wrecks up the conversation. I’m all for hearing all sides of a story, regardless of black or white, but I just found it hard to justify the reaction of the security guard. He could have been reacting out of anger but does that give him the right to take down a girl half his size? Did she threaten him with a weapon? This is the main point of everyone’s anger.
Reilly, you didn’t do your statement any good. First off, you immediately assumed the posters on here didn’t look at the entire situation and just jumped to the use of the race card. Second, you generalized an entire group of people. Third, you spewed your take on the situation without some sources. How about some links to where you got your information? You will find that the people that routinely contribute to this blog are objective thinkers and do consider true facts. Good sources aren’t taken for granted or given a blind eye. Instead, you begin with insults and generalizations. How about simply stating your case with some facts. On the internet, it’s easy to do what you did. However, we do things civilly here on “Now That’s What I’m Talking About!!”.
October 15th, 2007 at 12:15 am
Right On!!!
November 6th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
No, it’s alright, see. There is actually a rule against having cake on campus, so she was obviously a criminal even before she dropped the cake. Thank god that brutus stepped in. All we need is to get more of these fine protectors to brutalize more of the scofflaws, and then we’ll be safe.
How long before this fever breaks? How long before people wake up to what we’re becoming?
November 11th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
If there was a rule about having cake on campus, then how did it get there in the first place? Why wasn’t anyone else beaten up over it? All I’m saying is, the security guard went overboard on the whole situation.
What are we becoming?