The American chain had to put a warning, the sequence is so poignant. A panicked, tearful little girl is taken aboard by Orlando, Florida police on September 19, 2019, in a video released on Monday February 24, by the family’s lawyer.
His crime? The 6-year-old girl kicked and punched three adults at the school. “No, I don’t want handcuffs, please don’t put handcuffs on me,” she implores. The scene is filmed by a pedestrian camera and was widely broadcast by Sky News (attention, the video may strike a sensitive audience).
The peacekeeper heads to a room in which the calm little girl is standing, in front of an adult. “Okay, she’s coming with us now. Get up, get up, come over there, “said the policeman to the child as he tightened plastic handcuffs around his wrists. The little girl begins to cry and implores that we let her stay. “I don’t want handcuffs, please help me!“, she pleads in tears.
The police officer was dismissed
School staff ask if the handcuffs are really necessary to restrain the child. “Yes, and if it had been larger, it would have been real handcuffs,” said officer Dennis Turner. “My record is 7 years. How old is she ? Six years ? She just beat my record“, he said to the management of american school.
The reserve policeman has since been terminated on September 23, the Orlando police chief said in a statement on Tuesday (February 25). From now on, arrests of children under 12 must be approved by himself.
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