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.
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NEW YORK (AFP) - Police officers who handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a nine-year-old girl in the United States city of Rochester were suspended Monday (Feb 1) at the mayor s request. What happened Friday was simply horrible, and has rightly outraged, all of our community, said Mayor Lovely Warren. Unfortunately, (New York) state law and union contract prevents me from taking more immediate and serious action.
Ms Warren did not specify how many officers were suspended. The suspension will last at least until the conclusion of an internal investigation by the Rochester police.
Footage released Sunday, which has sparked new outrage over excesses committed by the country s law enforcement, showed at least seven officers were involved in the incident last Friday.
Published February 1, 2021, 5:40 PM
A nine-year-old Black girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage released Sunday showed, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country’s law enforcement.
A nine-year-old Black girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police in the US city of Rochester, footage shows, sparking new outrage over excesses committed by the country’s law enforcement.(HANDOUT / Rochester Police Department / AFP)
Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson said Sunday the girl who has not been named had been suffering from a serious mental health emergency, reportedly threatening to take her own life and that of her mother.