Rochester (NY) Police Pepper-Sprayed 9-Year-Old Girl, Footage Shows

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/nyregion/rochester-police-pepper-spray-child.html

The police department in Rochester, N.Y., released body-camera footage on Sunday that showed a 9-year-old girl being handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police officers who had responded to a family disturbance call.

During the incident, which occurred Friday afternoon, officers restrained the girl, pushing her into the snow in order to handcuff her, while she screamed repeatedly for her father, the footage showed.

At one point, an officer said, “You’re acting like a child.” She responded, “I am a child.”

When she refused to sit inside a police car, an officer pepper-sprayed her.

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. Animals with badges

Any excuse to abuse people weaker than themselves.

[cwydro]

2. I saw the video, and I couldn't figure what in the hell they were bothering her for anyway.

Leave her be.

[demmiblue]

3. Here:

On Friday afternoon, officers received a 911 call reporting “family trouble,” and arrived to find the 9-year-old girl dressed in a black hoodie and colorful leggings. She “indicated that she wanted to kill herself, and she wanted to kill her mom,” Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson said on Sunday.

If true, we need mental health professionals to answer these types of calls (or at least EMS over police).

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. They do it because they can.

[Nevilledog]

5. NY AG James is looking into it

Link to tweet

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. Not sure how they think they'll reform that, but okay.