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> Act like niggers, you are acting ghetto. Deal with it. Change your
> behavior.

Two Sacramento police officers referred to a group of kids as �ghetto�
and �retarded� before improperly putting a 14-year-old Black boy in
handcuffs. Both are still on the force.

Police Chief Kathy Lester, then a deputy chief, sustained allegations of
discrimination against Officer Brandon Lundgren and excessive force
against Officer Connor Lawrence, according to October 2021 disciplinary
letters the department posted to its website Thursday. The department
ordered both to complete additional training.

Just before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, the two officers were
dispatched to the area outside the movie theater at the Delta Shores
shopping center in Meadowview. A caller had said kids were �loitering,
fighting and deterring patrons from going to businesses,� the
disciplinary letters stated.

After the kids did not follow police orders to leave, Lundgren told a
14-year-old Black boy �alright, first victim,� then handcuffed him and
put him in the backseat of a patrol car, the letter stated.

�There is two hundred of you roaming around, being a pack of animals,�
Lundgren can be heard saying on a body camera, according to the
disciplinary letter. �It�s like a pack of wolves out there destroying
the community ... you are not going to get away... I could tase you, I
could bola wrap you, I could shoot you with a bean bag round. I could
deploy a dog on you. I mean is this really how you are going to grow up
and live your life, just f--- the police? ... Live a great life and show
some respect. Because right now, you are the problem with our society.
You are the problem with our country.�

The department has no policy prohibiting the handcuffing of minors,
unlike Baltimore and San Jose. Last year, unidentified Sacramento
officers handcuffed a Black 10-year-old girl as she sobbed. The city�s
Office of Public Safety Accountability Director LaTesha Watson and
Inspector General Dwight White showed the council the video last month
during a discussion about police racial bias that has yet to result in
council action.

Lundgren and Lawrence did not respond Friday to emails seeking comment
on the Delta Shores incident. The city and its police department,
through spokespeople, declined comment.

During a July 2021 interview with the department�s internal affairs
division, Lundgren admitted the �first victim� comment has a negative
impact and could be perceived as though the kid was going to be the
victim of something, and that his other comments �could leave a
long-lasting effect on a 14-year-old,� the letter stated.

Sonia Lewis, a community organizer, said the city should have
disciplined the officers more harshly.

�People in the Black community have stressed for too long that training
doesn�t deter this type of behavior,� Lewis said. �It�s a culture, it�s
a norm of law enforcement. I would like to see suspensions unpaid. We
need to hit them in the pockets. Too often when something really goes
awry it hits the taxpayer in the pocket when huge settlements are paid
out for wrongdoings by cops.�

Lewis said the council should create a policy to bar officers for
handcuffing kids.

�It�s one of those things that are long lasting traumas,� Lewis said.
�Handcuffing doesn�t solve anything. You detaining a child in handcuffs
does more irreparable harm than good.�

Lundgren telling the 14-year-old Black boy was �the problem with this
country,� did severe damage, and he could be saying similar things to
other Black kids, she said.

�It shapes a narrative that there�s no value in me,� Lewis said. �If we
tell a person long enough they are bad, they�ll believe they are bad.�

What discriminatory language did the police use?
Right when the two officers arrived on scene, the body cameras picked up
a conversation between Lundgren and Lawrence in the patrol car.

�How many of these kids you think are drinking Lean and shit?� Lawrence
said, referring to a drink made with liquid prescription medication and
soda, the letter stated. �So ghetto, so ghetto, so ghetto.�

�Should I just go out there and grab somebody and f------, ka-ka-ka�
Lawrence said, according to the letters.

The disciplinary letter stated about that comment: �You admitted that
someone could interpret the verbiage, �ka-ka-ka,� as using force or
shooting,� the letter stated. �You admitted the phrase...could bring
discredit or embarrassment to the (department).�

Both officers referred to the kids as �retarded.�

During the internal affairs interview, Lawrence explained his use of the
word �ghetto.�

�You stated that by saying �So ghetto, so ghetto, so ghetto,� you were
referring to the behavior of the large crowd in the area and their lack
of regard for the businesses, police and patrons in the area,� the
letter stated. �You admitted your comments ... could be offensive to the
public and could bring discredit or embarrassment to the (department).�

Both admitted using the word �retarded� is derogatory. Lawrence admitted
that referring to people as �blind cats,� could be taken as derogatory.

Police failed to report incident
The incident reports both officers filled out lacked �pertinent
information� relative to the detainment of a kid, the letter stated.
They did not ensure the kid was released to a parent or guardian, in
violation of department policy. They didn�t fill out the Racial and
Identify Profiling Act entries for the kid who was detained, another
policy violation.

The 14-year-old boy was handcuffed for a total of 27 minutes, and there
was no department document about it, the letter stated. The failure to
document the detainment was a violation of city policy. The pair did not
call a sergeant to inform him they had taken someone to the ground,
another policy violation.

Lawrence detained the minor as an attempt to issue a notice of trespass,
but it evolved into a detention for resisting arrest, in violation of a
state law, the letter stated.

As punishment, Lawrence and Lundgren both had to attend a three-day
training involving �resilience, compassion and leadership for law
enforcement,� the letter stated. They also had to participate in a
two-week assignment in the department�s Outreach and Engagement Division
to complete a �community engagement project� involving south Sacramento
youth.

Lundgren was one of two officers involved in a use of force causing
great bodily injury to a Black female on Jan. 19 at Mack Road and Center
Parkway, according to the department website. The department has not yet
released documents detailing that incident.

The disciplinary letters are likely no longer in the officers� personnel
files because 18 months have passed, according to the letters.

Lundgren, who has been with the department since 2016, was paid $127,540
in total compensation last year. Lawrence, who has been with the
department since 2017, made $113,582 in total compensation last year.

Coach Jones
4 hours ago

Unfortunately, this behavior occurs in our schools and the statement of
the officer can be applied to a large number of kids at my high school.
Yep, teacher and coach of over 14 years and counting. Us as teachers and
our brothers and sisters in law enforcement know the kids are being
groomed at home to act the way they act.

Paul
3 hours ago

Exactly what I was going to say. I was going to teach full time. Thank
God I decided to substitute teach and am in a place financially where I
can do it. I'm paid less and also have fewer problems/work which is
worth my sanity. Kudos to all you teachers that have to put up with
these kids on a daily basis and are stuck with them the entire school
year. Oh and stuck with listening to their parents complaining ????.

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