Leonard Pitts: What does it mean that Dennis Turner is black?
“They try to tell us we’re too young...” — Nat King Cole So what does it mean that Dennis Turner is black? Turner, as you may know, was the police officer who arrested Kaia Rolle last week. Kaia, it must be said, was raising a ruckus, acting in a disorderly and disruptive manner. Worse, when someone tried to restrain her, she compounded her misbehavior by committing assault, kicking the person who grabbed her. So Officer Turner of the Orlando Police Department dutifully handcuffed her and took her away. One wonders if he had trouble fitting his cuffs to her wrists. Kaia Rolle is 6 years old. Turner, a resource officer at the Lucious & Emma Nixon Academy charter school, was fired Monday after a weekend of national outrage over his appalling decision to arrest a 6 year old for having a temper tantrum — in effect, to arrest a 6 year old for being a 6 year old. That outrage grew after it was learned Kaia was actually one of two 6 year olds Turner busted that day. The second child...
