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Disturbing Video Shows Florida Police Officers Brutally Assaulting A Black Teenager

A petition has been started to call for their firing.

Recently uploaded cell phone video shows Broward County, Florida officers using excessive force, including spraying mace, on an allegedly 15-year-old teen named Delucca.

The shocking video shows the unarmed teen not physically threatening the officers while bending down to pick up a cell phone. Subsequently, one of the officers pushes his head and, according to a change.org petition, when Delucca asked why he pushed his head, the officer pepper sprayed him and threw him to the ground.

Bystanders are seen screaming and bolting from the scene. “What are you doing?! He’s bleeding!” a witness could be heard yelling in the footage.

Delucca was restrained while officers handcuffed him and punched him in the face. His face was also slammed into the concrete twice by the officers. The teen has reportedly been charged with resisting arrest.

The petition is not only calling for Delucca (whose full name was not revealed) to be freed, but also the firing of the two officers in the video. “Since the force utilized by the Officers against Delucca was excessive, unreasonable, and in violation of Federal and State laws, as well as accepted police practices within the United States, the officers should be fired and charged with battery,” the petition states.

The eye-opening incident happened outside of a McDonald’s in Tamarac, Florida near JP Taravella High School, according to WSVN 7 news in Miami. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies reportedly responded to a disturbance outside of the fast food restaurant just before 3 p.m. on Thursday (April 18).

The teen who recorded the video says students from the high school congregated to see a planned fight.

Law enforcement officials say two juveniles were taken into custody late Thursday. A third teen was transported to a nearby health clinic for evaluation after the pepper spray was used.

According to Mayor Mark Bogen’s Twitter account, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has begun an investigation of the incident. Bogen himself believes the force used by officers was “outrageous & unacceptable.”

  • See the full cell phone video below.

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