A Rochester police officer asks a handcuffed nine year old girl to get into a patrol car, prior to the girl being sprayed with a chemical irritant, in a still image from bodycam video taken in Rochester, N.Y., January 29, 2021. Photo by Rochester Police Department /Handout via REUTERS
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The mayor of Rochester, New York, ordered the immediate suspension on Monday of city police officers involved in the pepper-spraying of a 9-year-old girl while she was handcuffed, an incident caught on police body-camera video.
Mayor Lovely Warren said in a message posted on Twitter that the suspensions, announced after she met with the city’s police chief, would continue “at a minimum” until a police internal investigation of Friday’s arrest is completed.
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Three Rochester police officers are removed from patrol after incident involving 9-year-old girl
Three Rochester, New York, officers have been removed from patrol duty after an incident in which a 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed, Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said.
Body camera videos of Friday’s encounter released by the police department over the weekend showed officers restraining the child, putting her in handcuffs and attempting to get her inside the back of a police vehicle as she repeatedly cries and calls for her father.
The officers were responding to what police called a report of “family trouble” in an encounter sharply criticized by city officials. The incident led to protests in the community.
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[ Last Update: Tuesday, 02 February 2021 7:02 AM ] Protest held in Rochester, New York, US, on Feb. 2, 2021, after a handcuffed child was pepper-sprayed by the US police.
People have held a protest in the US city of Rochester, New York, against US police violence after a video emerged showing police officers pepper-spraying a handcuffed nine-year-old girl.
Protesters gathered outside the police department and called for children protection and an end to the police brutality in the US.
Black Lives Matter protesters holding flags and some with fists in air chanting “no justice, no peace.”
Police said the officers involved were responding to a family disturbance call on Friday, and video taken during the incident showed them wrestling the girl to the ground in the snow.
9-Year-Old NOT Pepper Sprayed By Rochester Minnesota Police
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A 9-year-old was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed in New York is causing reaction here in Rochester, Minnesota. Why? Because people tend to read headlines, but not stories. These headlines, from CNN and FOX, are pretty typical.
Rochester police officers handcuff and pepper-spray a 9-year-old girl after call of family trouble (CNN)
Rochester police union president defends officers seen pepper-spraying 9-year-old girl: report (FOX)
Here s what CNN reported.
Two body camera videos of Friday s incident released by the police department on Sunday show officers restraining the child, putting her in handcuffs and attempting to get her inside the back of a police vehicle as she repeatedly cries and calls for her father.