Police Officer Screams at Teenager

Officer Goes Nuts on Kid
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OPEeCYPGjm0

Officer then Kicks a RC Toy Car
http://youtube.com/watch?v=orYNzdwb7b4

The Baltimore Police Department suspended a police officer after a video surfaced on the Internet showing the officer berating two kids for skateboarding, putting one of them in a headlock and pushing the boy on the concrete.

The video shows Officer Salvatore Rivieri approach the kids at the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, the area where they apparently were skateboarding. The kids tell Rivieri they didn't know they couldn't skateboard there.

"You back-talk me, I'm not your father," Rivieri says. "You hear me? I'm not your father. You give that attitude to your father. You give it to me, I'll smack you upside the head. Shut your mouth, I'm talking."

Rivieri was suspended until an internal investigation is complete, Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department, told FOX News.

"Obviously there is behavior there that raised concerns," Clifford said. "It's not behavior that's acceptable and encouraged within the police department.

In the video, after Rivieri pushes the kid on the ground, he takes his skateboard and puts it in his patrol vehicle.

When he returns, he points his finger in the kid's face.

"Obviously your parents don't put a foot in your butt quite enough because you don't understand the meaning of respect," Rivieri says. "First of all, you better learn how to speak. I'm not 'man,' I'm not 'dude.' I am Officer Rivieri. The sooner you learn that, the longer you're going to live in this world. Because you go around doing this kind of stuff, somebody's going to kill you."

The kid repeatedly tells Rivieri that he "didn't do anything," saying he wants to call his mom.

Phone calls seeking comment from the police union were not immediately returned.

The video, from last July, surfaced on the Internet recently. Clifford said a member of the media e-mailed the clip to the police department late Sunday.

Rivieri is confined to administrative work on his suspension with pay.

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon said she was disappointed after watching the video, Clifford said.

"We've invested a lot of time and effort and energy trying to build a stronger relationship between the citizens of Baltimore and the police department," Clifford said. "An incident like this obviously has the potential to undo this work."

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[Talljim01]

As of August 2010 Rivieri was fired by the city as a police officer. In February 2011, a judge upheld his firing and I guess then, the people of B-More are now safe from his rants.

[MrRanger1987]

hey are you the guy that i seen awhile back that used to be an army recruiter? what is your take on Marine Corps recruiters? i have been working with them recently and found that my old army recruiters seemed to joke around a lot and talk crap a lot more in their office about other people they were recruiting. they seemed really unprofessional and i never hear that from the Marine recruits

[Talljim01]

@MrRanger1987 When I recruited there was one Marine that was annoying as all hell. He would lie to the kids and tell them he was a navy seal and stuff when all he was a reservist on recruiting duty. There were two other cool marine recruiters we used to drink beers with.

[skateordie9111]

id knock that fat fuck out with my board

[Talljim01]

Well, he did it again later when he kicked a guy's remote controlled car.

[dejuanp]

i said the same thing about the ending. 'if i find myself on 'youtube'. i'm pretty sure it would've been youtube. that's like the number one thing people say now. they don't even say 'the internet' anymore. it's 'youtube'..100 percent market saturation...lol.

[Talljim01]

Yea I was astounded thru the whole video, and that last line I fell out LOL. And here he is.

[theusualstranger]

I would love to get into a fist fight with Rivieri

[InusSonCurtis]

Not just child abuse. Abuse and battery, illegal search and seizure, uttering death threats among other things.

[legofan506]

what was the title of the second video of him kicking the rc car

[MrPman851]

Stay away from people like Rivieri! He is BAD territory!

[1granddragon]

@MrRanger1987 My take on marine corp. recruiters is that they're all cowardly dogs.

[SuperNobama1]

donut sugar power cop haha

[dragonking700]

ooh, how terrible, on officer yelled at some disrespectful kid. lawsuit!

this is ridiculous. the kid was not hurt. oh, maybe he scratched is elbow. lawsuit!

but he invaded the kids personal space!! and he JABBED A FINGER AT HIM!!!! Lawsuit!

and just think about the psychological effect on the kid! he can never look at a skateboard again without remembering that life-changing, mind-scarring experience of getting....uh...pushed and yelled at by a cop.....

GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!

[jimboband3]

i think thats trifolinn

[ivanfck117]

i should kick rivieri's but