Rochester police handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, body-cam footage shows
Jaclyn Peiser, The Washington Post
Feb. 1, 2021
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A photo provided by the Rochester Police Department, a screengrab from a Rochester police officer?•s body cam of footage that shows a 9-year-old girl being handcuffed and pepper sprayed by officers who responded to a family disturbance, Jan. 29, 2021. The incident brought renewed scrutiny to a department whose officers had placed a hood on Daniel Prude, a Black man, before he died from suffocation. (Rochester Police Deparment via The New York Times)?‘ FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY ?‘ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT/NYT
Handcuffed and sobbing, the 9-year-old girl screams I want my dad! repeatedly as Rochester, N.Y., police officers try to force her into a patrol car. When the girl keeps refusing to swing her legs inside, one officer pulls out his pepper spray.
Police officers in Rochester, New York, handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl while responding to what a police official called a report of "family trouble" in an incident sharply criticized by city officials.
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Police officers in Rochester, New York, handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl while responding to what a police official called a report of "family trouble" in an incident sharply criticized by city officials.
A 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper sprayed by police officers responding to a report of family trouble in Rochester, New York, on Wednesday, according to Rochester Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson. Two body camera videos of the incident released by the police department on Sunday show officers restraining the child, putting her in handcuffs and attempting to get her inside the back of a police vehicle as she is heard repeatedly crying and calling for her father. Officers are then seen pepper spraying the girl after she doesn t follow commands to put her feet inside the car. The girl was transported to Rochester General Hospital where she was later released, Anderson said.