Defunding / abolishing school police (consolidated thread)

Video shows 8-year-old Florida boy handcuffed, arrested on felony charge for hitting teacher

The boy’s small hands kept slipping out of the officer’s handcuffs. Video released Sunday by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump shows an 8-year-old boy with disabilities being arrested Dec. 14, 2018, in Key West, Florida, for allegedly punching a teacher in the chest. When the cuffs would not stay on the child’s wrists, the boy was flanked by three officers and marched out of the school, identified by the Miami Herald as Gerald Adams Elementary. The child, who Crump said has emotional and behavioral disabilities, was booked on a felony battery charge, the Herald reported. According to a police report ...

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Body cam video shows 8-year-old's arrest at Florida school, lawsuit planned

The family of an 8-year-old boy plans to sue over his 2018 arrest following an incident at his school, according to news reports. Key West police officers tried to handcuff the child before leading him to their patrol car, but the boy’s wrists were too thin. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing the family, on Sunday night tweeted a body cam video of the December 2018 arrest. “Crump ― who is also representing the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor ― and civil rights attorney Devon Jacob, will file a federal lawsuit against the officers, school officials, ...

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https://www.newschief.com/story/new...st-florida-school-lawsuit-planned/3347584001/

 

'I refuse to let him be a convicted felon at 8': Mother of special needs boy handcuffed by police files lawsuit

A Florida mother whose 8-year-old son with special needs was arrested and imprisoned before having felony charges levied against him is suing the police department and school district she believes failed her child. On Tuesday, Bianca Digennaro and a team of lawyers - including Ben Crump, who also represents the family of George Floyd - announced they were suing the Key West Police Department and the Monroe County School District over what they believe is a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. “I’m here for my son because I refuse to let [the police and state prosecutors] make him ...

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...americans-with-disabilities-act-a9665796.html

 

Video shows 8-year-old Florida boy handcuffed, arrested on felony charge for hitting teacher

The boy’s small hands kept slipping out of the officer’s handcuffs. Video released Sunday by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump shows an 8-year-old boy with disabilities being arrested Dec. 14, 2018, in Key West, Florida, for allegedly punching a teacher in the chest. When the cuffs would not stay on the child’s wrists, the boy was flanked by three officers and marched out of the school, identified by the Miami Herald as Gerald Adams Elementary. The child, who Crump said has emotional and behavioral disabilities, was booked on a felony battery charge, the Herald reported. According to a police report ...

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Video Shows Officers Arrest, Try To Handcuff 8-Year-Old

Newly-released video of an 8-year-old boy being arrested in Florida in 2018 has sparked renewed scrutiny. The bodycam video, posted online Sunday night by civil rights attorney Ben Crump, shows a Key West officer attempting to handcuff the boy at school. The boy, who has emotional and behavioral disabilities, was charged with felony battery, according to a press release from Crump's law firm. The boy's mother, Bianca N. Digennaro, has retained Crump and civil rights attorney Devon M. Jacob to represent her family in the case. In the press release, Crump said the video shows "officers shame and terrify the ...

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https://www.news9.com/story/5f33160...hows-officers-arrest-try-to-handcuff-8yearold

 

Video: Police tried to cuff young boy at Florida school

Civil rights lawyers sued the police and school district in Key West on Tuesday over their treatment of an 8-year-old boy with special needs who was handcuffed, booked and briefly jailed on a felony battery charge after he was accused of punching a teacher who sought to discipline him for sitting improperly in the school cafeteria. A police body-cam video of the child’s arrest shows officers frisking and putting metal handcuffs on the sobbing child before taking him to jail, where his mother said his mouth was swabbed for DNA, his mugshot and fingerprints were taken, and he was briefly ...

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https://whdh.com/news/video-police-tried-to-cuff-young-boy-at-florida-school/

 

Mother Suing Key West Police After Bodycam Shows Boy Getting Handcuffed at School

A mother is now suing Key West police as body camera footage emerged showing her then 8-year-old son getting handcuffed by officers at school back in 2018. Bianca Digennaro filed a civil lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, alleging officers used excessive force and violated the boy’s rights to equal protection. The footage from December 2018 was recently posted on Twitter by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump. "My son has a disability and the authorities tried to make him a criminal, only being 8 years old," Digennaro said. The boy was charged with felony battery after police said in an incident ...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...-boy-getting-handcuffed-at-school/ar-BB17QnFU

 

Video: Police tried to cuff 8-year-old boy at Florida school

Civil rights lawyers sued the police and school district Tuesday in Key West over their treatment of an 8-year-old boy with special needs who was handcuffed, booked and briefly jailed on a felony battery charge after he was accused of punching a teacher who sought to discipline him for sitting improperly in the school cafeteria. A police body-cam video of the child’s arrest shows officers frisking and putting metal handcuffs on the sobbing child before taking him to jail, where his mother said his mouth was swabbed for DNA, his mugshot and fingerprints were taken, and he was briefly locked ...

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https://triblive.com/news/world/video-police-tried-to-cuff-8-year-old-boy-at-florida-school/

 

Video: Police tried to cuff young boy at Florida school

Civil rights lawyers sued the police and school district in Key West on Tuesday over their treatment of an 8-year-old boy with special needs who was handcuffed, booked and briefly jailed on a felony battery charge after he was accused of punching a teacher who sought to discipline him for sitting improperly in the school cafeteria. A police body-cam video of the child's arrest shows officers frisking and putting metal handcuffs on the sobbing child before taking him to jail, where his mother said his mouth was swabbed for DNA, his mugshot and fingerprints were taken, and he was briefly ...

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https://www.myjournalcourier.com/ne...ied-to-cuff-young-boy-at-Florida-15474873.php

 

Bodycam footage shows 8-year-old boy arrested at school

An 8-year-old boy was arrested and put in handcuffs after he allegedly hit a teacher at a school in Key West, Florida in 2018.

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https://www.aberdeennews.com/news/national/bodycam-footage-shows-8-year-old-boy-arrested-at-school/video_9c654e35-3882-51a7-89ac-ba6b9e6b960d.html

 

Mother of arrested Key West, Fla., boy sues city, police officers, teacher and school district

MIAMI — Lawyers for the mother of a now 10-year-old boy who Key West police officers tried to handcuff in 2018 at his elementary school after he was accused of ...

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https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/mother-of-arrested-key-west-fla-boy-sues-city-police-officers-teacher-and-school-district/article_acccbc16-dbf0-50b2-86e9-76d3253746f9.html

 

Key West Police arrested an 8-year-old at school. His wrists were too small for the handcuffs

Police officers at a Florida elementary school arrested an 8-year-old boy who had allegedly hit a teacher — only to realize the boy’s wrists were too small for the handcuffs. Part of the Key West ...

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https://kvia.com/news/us-world/2020/08/11/key-west-police-arrested-an-8-year-old-at-school-his-wrists-were-too-small-for-the-handcuffs/

 

Mother of arrested Key West, Fla., boy sues city, police officers, teacher and school district

MIAMI — Lawyers for the mother of a now 10-year-old boy who Key West police officers tried to handcuff in 2018 at his elementary school after he was accused of ...

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Key West Police arrested an 8-year-old at school. His wrists were too small for the handcuffs

Police officers at a Florida elementary school arrested an 8-year-old boy who had allegedly hit a teacher — only to realize the boy’s wrists were too small for the handcuffs. Part of the Key West ...

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https://keyt.com/news/national-world/2020/08/11/key-west-police-arrested-an-8-year-old-at-school-his-wrists-were-too-small-for-the-handcuffs/

 

Video shows 8-year-old Florida boy handcuffed, arrested on felony charge for hitting teacher

Civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Devon Jacob on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Bianca Digennaro and her son, who was 8 years old when he was arrested at his Key West school in ...

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Key West Police arrested an 8-year-old at school. His wrists were too small for the handcuffs

Police officers at a Florida elementary school arrested an 8-year-old boy who had allegedly hit a teacher — only to realize the boy’s wrists were too small for the handcuffs. Part of the Key West ...

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https://kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/08/11/key-west-police-arrested-an-8-year-old-at-school-his-wrists-were-too-small-for-the-handcuffs/

 

Mother of arrested 8-year-old Key West boy sues city, police officers, teacher and school district

The video of police arresting an 8-year-old boy at a Key West elementary school received national attention this week after the attorney for the mother, civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, posted it ...

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https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-mh-arrested-boy-key-west-lawsuit-20200812-fi7glccy4jdsbpat4tujj23peq-story.html

 

Mother of special needs boy, 8, filmed being cuffed by cop in school files civil rights lawsuit

THE MOTHER of an eight-year-old boy with special needs that was filmed being handcuffed by a cop in school has filed a civil rights lawsuit. Bianca Digennaro, 48, has started legal action to sue ...

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12379122/mother-special-needs-boy-handcuffed-school-civil-rights-lawsuit/

 

Bodycam footage shows 8-year-old boy arrested at school

An 8-year-old boy was arrested and put in handcuffs after he allegedly hit a teacher at a school in Key West, Florida in 2018. cnnComments comments ...

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https://www.koamnewsnow.com/i/bodycam-footage-shows-8-year-old-boy-arrested-at-school-2/

 

Family Of 8-Year-Old Florida Boy Files Lawsuit Over Arrest

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family of an eight-year-old Florida boy who was arrested.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/family-of-8-year-old-florida-boy-files-lawsuit-over-arrest/ar-BB17QxVH