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Created: February 01, 2021 12:22 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Local faith leaders with the United Christian Leadership Ministry are calling for the Rochester Police Department to review and evaluate all policies and procedures relative to minors in wake of Friday's incident where an officer pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl.
In a news conference Monday morning, UCLM's Reverend Lewis Stewart said the RPD must release its full, unredacted bodycam footage from the incident, as well as suspend all officers involved without pay, and on a larger level, ban both the handcuffing and pepper-spraying of children.
Stewart said the actions of the officers "follows a pattern," which needs correction.