‘Who Says I Can’t Punch You In Your Face?’ Arkansas Cop Slammed And Punched An 18-Year-Old Black Girl During A Traffic Stop — Now She’s Suing

Alisa Hackett, 18, was pulled over for speeding on State Highway 18 by state trooper Moisses Arellano, who said he clocked her speeding. The post ‘Who Says I Can’t Punch You In Your Face?’ Arkansas Cop Slammed And Punched An 18-Year-Old Black Girl During A Traffic Stop — Now She’s Suing appeared first on MadameNoire.

‘Who Says I Can’t Punch You In Your Face?’ Arkansas Cop Slammed And Punched An 18-Year-Old Black Girl During A Traffic Stop — Now She’s Suing
A person with braided hair sitting in a car at night, with blue and red police lights visible.
Source: Arkansas State Police / Arkansas State Police

Listen: a “Back the blue” bootlicker will have you believe that when people express that they hate cops, it’s for no discernible reason. Those same people will argue that Black people are playing the “race card” when we complain that police officers are generally more aggressive when dealing with Black menBlack women and Black children than they tend to be with our white counterparts. And if we were to show them video footage that demonstrates this perfectly — like, say, a viral clip of a state trooper slamming a teenage Black girl to the ground when it clearly wasn’t necessary, and then punching said teen in the face — their knee-jerk reaction will always be to side with the violent cop, which, of course, is a sentiment that will ultimately be supported by the police department and other authorities as well.

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