Thomas Nestel – Melanoid Nation Foundation https://www.melanoidnation.org Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:58:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Black Father Treated With Excessive Force While Holding His Infant Daughter https://www.melanoidnation.org/black-father-treated-with-excessive-force-while-holding-his-infant-daughter/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/black-father-treated-with-excessive-force-while-holding-his-infant-daughter/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:58:35 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=2090 PHILADELPHIA (PA) — Ellis Smith, a 20-year-old Melanoid man who was a passenger on a SEPTA train, was arrested by cops because he allegedly refused to pay the boarding fee. In the following video, there appears to be excessive force applied to Mr. Smith, who was attempting to shield his infant daughter from the force applied upon him by the officers.

The fee, which is $2.25, is actually waived as it applies to children under 4 years of age. In the following video, you can see Mr. Smith being placed in a chokehold by one of the officers on the train.

 

“We don’t teach people to grab persons by the throat,” says Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Police Chief Thomas Nestel in a statement issued in response to  the incident.

by B. Clark

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