At least five high school students in Quakertown, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, have now been held in police custody for more than 72 hours following last Friday’s anti-ICE protest. As of this writing, authorities have not publicly clarified how many students remain detained, what specific charges they face, or why juveniles are being held for this length of time.
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.
Why isn’t he in jail?
I’m going to ask a stupider question. Why haven’t the parents killed him outright? It’s not the smart thing to do but I’ve seen some parents lose their everloving shit over much smaller stuff than this. It’s wild to me that he can do that and not get the hell beat out of him at the least.