Article from Reason by Robby Soave.

Broward County sheriff’s deputies were called to a popular teen meet-up area, a McDonald’s parking lot, Thursday afternoon. The police were there ostensibly to breakup a fight, not start one.

Broward County sheriff’s deputies were called to a popular teen meet-up area, a McDonald’s parking lot, Thursday afternoon. The police were there ostensibly to breakup a fight, not start one.

The victim left the scene in an ambulance, blood covering his face.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is “investigating the incident to determine exactly what happened, how it started, how it escalated and they’re looking at the outcome of it,” a police spokesperson told The Miami New Times. But bashing a person’s head against hard concrete is never appropriate, regardless of which party escalated the encounter. The officers involved could have killed this young man, and they should face serious consequences.

Read the entire article at Reason.