It’s very clear that some people in this thread have never spent time around teenagers…
Texting in class is rude but it doesn’t make someone a “juvenile delinquent.” I did it. I still do it. The penalty at my high school at the time for a teacher even seeing a phone was automatic suspension. It prompted outcry and was eventually abandoned as a rule.
We treat teens like they’re delinquent no matter what they’re doing. We even more heavily pathologize black teens. It’s disgusting and the fact that ANYONE is defending the force used by this cops makes my stomach churn. It’s also why I have zero hope that anything will change anytime soon. Quite simlply, the lives being affected don’t matter to the vast majority of people in charge of this country.