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Kids remain an afterthought in police reforms, but there are few guidelines and no laws regarding police use of force against minors. There were thousands of such incidents in recent years.

The AP analyzed data on approximately 3,000 instances of police use of force against children under 16 over the past 11 years. The data, provided to the AP by Accountable Now, a project of The Leadership Conference Education Fund aiming to create a comprehensive use-of-force database, includes incidents from 25 police departments in 17 states.

Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns.

An Associated Press investigation into police use of force against children has found kids as young as 6 have been treated harshly by officers.

The AP analyzed data on approximately 3,000 instances of police use of force against children under 16 over the past 11 years. The data, provided to the AP by Accountable Now, a project of The Leadership Conference Education Fund aiming to create a comprehensive use-of-force database, includes incidents from 25 police departments in 17 states.

An Associated Press investigation has found that children as young as 6 have been treated harshly — even brutally — by officers of the law.

An analysis by The Associated Press released Wednesday found tha

An AP investigation has found that children as young as 6 have been treated harshly — even brutally — by officers of the law across the country. Read the AP

CHICAGO (AP) — Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised,

CHICAGO (AP) — Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his...