Cops beat up 12 year old honor student, then arrest her 3 weeks later.

It shouldn't matter what she was wearing as long as she wasn't breakling a public decency law. Police priorities in this country are totally screwed up. Of course this is a reflection of extreme conservative elements of our society which are also screwed up.

That's unbelievable..but can't say I'm surprised.

That's crazy. I go to Galveston monthly during the summer, and the cops usually are just cruising around. I rarely see them doing anything. As for the "plains clothes" pigs that assaulted the girl, they're damn lucky they weren't blown away by someone in the neighborhood protecting their own, as most of Galveston is the "Barrio." No offense. Idiots, it's still Texas and everyone is armed.

This is really sad news....I live in Houston, which is within an hour of Galveston, and this story is terrible....after all the crap the residents of Galveston have had to endure with hurricane Ike this year, the police harrass, beat up, and falsly accuse a 12-year old honor-roll student.....I do hope the right authorities bring these terrible officers to justice and if that does not, I hope the streets find them so that noone else ever does...

Texas allows concealed weapons right?

If I was a neighbor watching the girl next door being grabbed by three men in a van...

I think you know how this story ends.

You get the attention you dress for....

....and this story is far too in the it doesn't make sense category. Too much stupid that just myers the entire thing into absurdity.

If she yelled Daddy what did they think? She was calling for her pimp?

She suffers pain from their brutality and they get scratches from a scared little girl and they are upset enough to drag her out of school?

This is one reason why it's hard for some people to like cops....those that it happens to. I'm not excuse those that read it.

WHAT!! those are some three HELLA messed up pigs.

WTF This story reads so strange, what should I believe?

We can't hit those cops back but I say we go viral on their asses. Use the internet, snail mail, even texting and harass them about the incident with the understanding that it stops when they resign.

Send their pics to prisoners with love notes, make sure everyone in their family knows what they did, over and over. Then maybe cops will start thinking twice, and they will live with the fear that they put in civilians.

The media turns a blind eye to storys that show abuse of power. Three grown men have to beat a 12 year old with a flashlight to have her submit to an arrest. From this story it doesn't even sound as if they civilian clothed officers informed the terrified girl of who they were, just blurting out that she was a prostitue. As the internet access becomes the wave of the future the media is losing it's readers who want the truth and with video everywhere are starting to realize that the media does not want to report on real human intrest stories.

i think that these cops should be brought to trial. for them to just grab someone off the street like this is unheard of.if they did this to my child,they would have alot more to worry about.it looks like the city where they live should find better people to protect them than these morons. i for one would sue that entire city,and take my case all the way to the top of the chain. sounds like that city really needs better people in office.

Wait... this was in texas and on the family's property. The father has full rights to walk out there with a shotgun and take all three of them down.

WTF? He should have exited his house with guns blazing. It would have been a bad ending all around, but I think it's warranted to save your daughter.

You know....as I think about it, I'm reminded of a story my mom told me a long time ago. When she worked in the rag trade and everyone was on lunch this particular day, many people were crossing the street. An elderly lady was there crossing as well, and she got hit by a police car. While they were loading her into the ambulance, THEY ISSUED HER A CITATION.

And this was easily 30+ years ago.

Thank you, police officers, for serving and protecting us.

Check out this link for St. Louis: Dirty cops on the job for YEARS and they just NOW arrested him

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/204E97...

We should expect nothing less when it has been shown continuously that those in a position of authority are somehow above the law. The United States was formed to stand against the abuses of authority. That is why this was to become a land of law. No man was to be above the law.

We now live in a land of taxation without representation, abuses by authority, and the checks and balances of our government have been circumvented by the two-party system. Something must be done to make those responsible pay for their actions, and something must be done to hold government accountable to the people once again.

What happened to "Government of the people, by the people, for the people"?

we need higher standards to become a police officer we have to many idiots low class people

Of course the father and daughter were arrested, otherwise the department would be admitting that they were wrong to arrest in the first place and therefore would lose in a lawsuite (cover your ass).Anytime they have been caught doing something like this (which is common) they arrest the victim as in the icedents of them being recorded assauting an innocent victim. How many times does this happen and there is no proof? If a police department wants to keep its members safe, they need to reform. As it is many have simple become a thug squad.

This is AWFUL. And another example of authority gone awry. I would expect nothing else than the quote the police department gave. They have to save their butts. But really I can't get over the mistrial. And of course it's not played up in the media. What can ordinary citizens do to stop this when the odds are against us.

If they want to get out of it, they should just accuse her of plotting a terrorist attack.

cops suck duh

apparently police brutality is on the rise, so we MUST stand up and Know our RIghts (if we have any still) and RISE UP... stay up, all!

those officers are lucky this isnt greece.

that's the most ridiculous thing i've heard off .... don't you just love when people assume the worst about you?

3 men jump out of a van and attack my daughter right in front of my house? you better believe im going to try and protect her by any means necessary-for all he knew, it was an abduction or rape. this is totally unacceptable. outrageous.

I have to say that Our Country & some Policmen the power goes to their heads & they think that they can do anything! If we were to do the same as them we would be in jail. The should be prosecuted.
PLEASE keep me informed about this article!!!
Thank You

Update: This is from the officers' lawyer, William Helfand:

Both the daughter and the father were arrested for assaulting a peace officer. "The father basically attacked police officers as they were trying to take the daughter into custody after she ran off."

Also, "The city has investigated the matter and found that the conduct of the police officers was appropriate under the circumstances," Helfand says. "It's unfortunate that sometimes police officers have to use force against people who are using force against them. And the evidence will show that both these folks violated the law and forcefully resisted arrest."

These were undercover cops. They weren't in uniform. I have three daughters. If I saw three men in civilian clothes trying to cart one of my daughters away, at the tender age of twelve, claiming she's a prostitute, well, that's three more corpses in the morgue.

Seriously. As far as that guy knew, these three guys were trying to kidnap and rape his little girl. Had I been him, I'd have literally killed all three of them, or died trying.
Wouldn't any parent?

Well girls that age shouldn't dress like prostitutes, and security officers should be able to tell the difference between a child and a woman of the evening.

assault, that's jail time

time to find your soul mates...

keep us informed on this story please

What a bunch of pansy ass cops. They got nothing better to do than to be cowards. It's sad that that's what it takes for them to sleep easier at night.

I'm actually surprised nothing happened in the van, after the fact. I mean if they beat her, what stopped them from doing anything else?

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WHEN WILL WE SEE UNJUST POLICE GET WHAT THEY DESERVE, PRISON TIME

I AM SEEING MORE AND MORE POLICE DOING MESSED UP GSTUFF AND GETTIN AWAY WITH IT IM GETTING SICK OF IT, MAKES YOU WANNA RIOT.