Their alleged offense: defending themselves after a police chief, not in uniform, physically assaulted students. The police assault has provoked mass outrage in the community and throughout the country. A Change.org petition demanding the resignation of Quakertown Police Chief Scott McElree, who was captured on video choking a young female student, has exceeded 7,800 signatures as of this writing.
ACAB
These are the people we are trusting to defuse tense situations, yet when faced with peaceful children on their spare time, only know one single tool for every situation: violence.
In PA, the statutory time limit to hold them without charges does not include weekends/holidays. They’ll see the judge today.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/quakertown-students-arrested-police-chief-20260224.html
I had a local cop admit that as a strategy. When they want to make a point regardless whether there are valid charges, sometimes they can time it so you’re stuck in jail over a weekend or holiday
You can beat the charge but you can’t beat the ride.
