Bad police work for the day

It'll be an on-going story for awhile, but Aubrey Whelan has the current situation in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Philadelphia police have launched an internal investigation into a teenager's claim that he was unnecessarily stopped on the street, then searched so roughly that he required emergency surgery.
Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey played surveillance video of the incident for reporters, but shied away from drawing conclusions on the arrest pending further investigation.
On 7 January 2014, sixteen-year-old Darrin Manning, a student at Mathematics, Civics, and Sciences Charter School, took the subway to Broad Street and Girard Avenue to play in a school basketball game, said Victoria Joyner, the school's chief executive. Manning and his teammates left the subway wearing hats and scarves provided by Joyner, who said she was worried about students' welfare on a day when the temperature was in the single digits.
Police say one of the students "caught the attention" of officers stationed near the subway stop. As officers approached, the group scattered.
A surveillance video shows children running down Girard toward 15th Street, with Manning among them. A police wagon, transporting a homeless man to a hospital, Ramsey said, pulls up as the group runs.
Since the surveillance footage was taken from a street camera that switches angles every ten seconds, it is difficult to tell exactly what happened during Manning's arrest. But one segment of the video shows Manning walking around the side of the wagon, where an officer appears to push him up against the vehicle.
Later, Manning can be seen on the ground in what Ramsey called a struggle with officers. Several police cars, lights flashing, idle nearby. In another segment, he is standing, surrounded by officers.
Lewis Small, Manning's attorney, said that after his client's arrest, a female officer grabbed the teen's genitals during a pat-down search and pulled, causing a testicle to rupture. Joyner said Manning underwent emergency surgery the next day and may have been rendered sterile. "It's horrible. It's sexual assault, as far as I'm concerned," Small said.
Joyner called Manning a straight A-student, and Ramsey said he had no criminal history.
Ramsey said he was unsure how Manning's injury had occurred, although an officer visible in the security footage has been placed on desk duty. It is unclear whether that officer searched Manning, Ramsey said.
Manning has been charged with three misdemeanors: reckless endangerment of another person, simple assault, and resisting arrest. Small called the charges outrageous.
Ramsey said Internal Affairs investigators would like to speak to Manning. Small said he would not let Manning speak with police until the charges are dropped. "I'm not going to allow my client to sit down and give a written statement. That's, in effect, malpractice by any attorney while criminal charges are outstanding," he said.
Ramsey said the department was taking the incident "very seriously," and asked any potential witnesses to come forward with information. "We want to piece together what happened," he said.

Rico says 'very seriously'? As they're gonna get their asses sued off, they should...