The incident with the arrest of an 8-year-old boy, whom the police tried to handcuff took place in the US state of Florida. This is reported by the Miami Herald.
It is noted that the incident in the elementary school occurred back in 2018. Law enforcement officers were summoned to the educational institution after one of the students hit the teacher in the chest.
Arriving police tried to handcuff the crying child, as seen in a video released by the newspaper.
In addition, the police told the boy that he would go to jail. The newspaper notes that the child was charged with a crime, the current state of the case is unknown.
Benjamin Cump, a lawyer for the family of the African American George Floyd, who died at the hands of the police in Minneapolis, America in late May, also drew attention to the incident.
“Incredible! Key West police used a “fear education” tactic on an 8-year-old boy with special needs, “Cram wrote on Twitter.
The lawyer pointed out that the police considered it appropriate to handcuff and transport the child, who was about one meter tall, to the prison for an adult.
“He was so small that the handcuffs fell off his wrists,” Cram said.
In June, it was reported that a police officer in Jonesboro, Georgia, USA, pointed a gun at six black teenagers after a call from a shopkeeper who intended to accuse them of theft and said they had a gun.