Rochester Mayor Suspends Police Officers Who Restrained 9-Year-Old Girl With Pepper Spray
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has ordered the suspension of police officers who were involved in using pepper spray to restrain a young girl, the city announced late Monday.
Body camera videos released by Rochester, New York, police showed officers using pepper spray to restrain a handcuffed 9-year-old girl on Avenue B on Friday.
The city did not specify how many police officers were suspended. The suspensions will continue until an internal police investigation is completed.
“What happened Friday was simply horrible, and has rightly outraged, all of our community,” Warren said in a statement.
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New York: A nine-year-old Black girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage released on Sunday showed, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the.
Multiple police officers in Rochester were suspended after body cam footage showed them using pepper spray to detain a young girl. It's the second time in a year that the city's police has come under scrutiny.