The Baltimore Police Department suspended police officer Salvatore Rivieri after a video surfaced on the Internet showing the officer berating two kids for skateboarding, putting one of them in a headlock and pushing the boy on the concrete. (I just have a question, does this guy have kids? - I would investigate the care he gives them is he does!)

The video shows Officer Salvatore Rivieri approach the kids at the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, the area where they apparently were skateboarding. The kids tell Officer Rivieri they didn't know they couldn't skateboard there.

"You back-talk me, I'm not your father," Rivieri says. "You hear me? I'm not your father. You give that attitude to your father. You give it to me, I'll smack you upside the head. Shut your mouth, I'm talking." (Is it illegal to talk back to a Cop? - Isn't ASSAULT defined as a threat of violence caused by an immediate show of force?)

Salvatore Rivieri was suspended until an internal investigation is complete, Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, told FOX News. "Obviously there is behavior there that raised concerns,” Clifford said. “It’s not behavior that’s acceptable and encouraged within the police department.

In the video, after Salvatore Rivieri pushes the kid on the ground, he takes his skateboard and puts it in his patrol vehicle.

When he
returns, he points his finger in the kid's face.

"Obviously your parents don't put a foot in your butt quite enough because you don't understand the meaning of respect," Rivieri says. "First of all, you better learn how to speak. I'm not 'man,' I'm not 'dude.' I am Officer Rivieri. The sooner you learn that, the longer you're going to live in this world. Because you go around doing this kind of stuff, somebody's going to kill you." (And again is this not an "Assault", I would consider this another threat!)

The kid repeatedly tells Officer Rivieri that he "didn't do anything," saying he wants to call his mom.

Once again here is a Cop, Police Officer violating civilian rights, and pushing his own personal agenda instead of the laws. This incident could have been handled in a much more professional and beneficial way to ensure the cooperation of these kids. Why could he not have told the kids that they could not skate there, informed as to why and the damage the skateboards cause, then called the kids' parents?

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