Updated on January 24, 2021 at 8:52 am
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A mother in Silver Spring, Maryland, filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County, Montgomery County Public Schools and Montgomery County Police over an incident in which she says her 5-year-old son was mistreated by two police officers.
The lawsuit alleges that two Montgomery County officers assaulted and demoralized the boy after he walked away from East Silver Spring Elementary School during school hours in January 2020.
The alleged abuse happened when officers found the boy a short distance away.
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