US Police Release Footage Showing Officer Pepper-Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published February 01, 2021 | 08:20 PM
The police department of Rochester city, located in the US state of New York, released footage showing a 9-year-old girl being handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by officers who were responding to a family disturbance call
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 01st February, 2021) The police department of Rochester city, located in the US state of New York, released footage showing a 9-year-old girl being handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by officers who were responding to a family disturbance call.
According to The New York Times, the incident occurred on Friday. After receiving a 911 call, police officers arrived at the scene and found the 9-year-old girl.
Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson said that she "indicated that she wanted to kill herself, and she wanted to kill her mom," as quoted by the media outlet. According to him, the girl first tried to escape, while the police officers were trying to put her in the back seat of a police vehicle and take her to a hospital.
Anderson also said that she had kicked one of the police officers.
The footage shows that the girl was refusing to sit in the car until she saw her father. When the officers handcuffed her, the girl was lying on the snow and she asked them to stop. After the girl once again refused to get into the car, an officer used pepper spray.
According to the publication, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren called on police officers of the city to respond to similar incidents with more empathy and compassion. She noted that the police needed better training in de-escalation in situations involving distraught or mentally ill people.
The girl has already been discharged from hospital.
Recent Stories
Join vivo's "Light it Up" Social Media Contest in Ramadan to Win vivo V30 5G
Pakistan v New Zealand T20I series: Tickets to go on sale from today
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 29 March 2024
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 29 March 2024
Journalists call for global action to end Gaza’s humanitarian crisis
CM for generating opportunities to bring direct int'l investment
Pakistan retains position in FTSE secondary emerging market
High Commissioner of Malaysia hosts Iftar dinner reception
NEPRA announces 2nd quarterly adjustment in power bills with Rs 1.68 cut per uni ..
Hoopo Inc. Collaborates with SAU to Install Solar-Powered RO Plant
04 killed in Spain as Storm Nelson looms
Russian military jet crashes into sea off Crimea: Governor
More Stories From World
-
Evan Gershkovich: determined US reporter jailed in Russia
13 minutes ago -
African Union 'warmly congratulates' Faye on Senegal election win
23 minutes ago -
Biden, Obama, Clinton rake in cash at NYC campaign stop
2 hours ago -
Israeli strike kills 36 Syrian soldiers near Aleppo: war monitor
2 hours ago -
Russian veto ends monitoring of UN's N.Korea sanctions
2 hours ago -
Football: Italian Serie A table
2 hours ago
-
Football: Spanish La Liga table
2 hours ago -
World court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid, as famine lurks
2 hours ago -
Football: English Premier League table
2 hours ago -
Greek govt defeats censure motion over train tragedy
3 hours ago -
Baltimore bridge, port recovery will be 'very long road'
3 hours ago -
Ecuador prison riot leaves three dead, six injured
3 hours ago