Police handcuff 6 year old student in Georgia
Baku, April 26 (AZERTAC). Police in Georgia defended their decision Tuesday to handcuff and arrest a 6-year-old elementary student after the school called to report a juvenile had assaulted a principal and was damaging school property.
Milledgeville police said they were called to Creekside Elementary School on Friday for an unruly juvenile, who was allegedly throwing a tantrum.
According to their report, when the officer arrived, he observed kindergartner Salecia Johnson on the floor of the principal`s office screaming and crying.
The officer stated in the report that he noticed damage to school property and tried numerous times to calm the girl, who eventually “pulled away and began actively resisting and fighting with me.”
“The child was then placed in handcuffs for her safety and the officer proceeded to bring her down to the police station,” said Chief Dray Swicord.
Despite the girl`s behavior, her family said police should not have been involved.
“I don`t think she misbehaved to the point where she should have been handcuffed and taken downtown to the police department,” Johnson`s aunt, Candace Ruff, told CNN affiliate WMAZ.
The girl was released to Ruff after numerous attempts to reach her parents failed, the police report said.
Swicord said his department still has not heard from the girl`s mother or father.
But the parents have spoken to reporters.
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