Lawsuit alleges officers harassed and assaulted 5-year-old kindergartner
Two Maryland police officers have been accused of screaming at, grabbing and threatening a 5-year-old elementary school student.
The boy’s mother, Shanta Grant, filed a lawsuit this month against Montgomery County Police Officers Dionne Holliday and Kevin Christmon as well as Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Board of Education.
The Montgomery County Department of Police told CNN it does not comment on ongoing or pending litigation. CNN was not able to reach Officer Holliday. Officer Christmon declined to comment to CNN.
The case comes amid public pressure for widespread change in policing policy following high-profile police encounters some involving the treatment of children by law enforcement. The broader outcry has included calls to defund or abolish police departments.
Montgomery County cops accused of harassing 5-year-old boy
By Natalie Rubino article
A Silver Spring mother is suing Montgomery County Police, saying an officer harassed her five-year-old son. (FOX 5 DC)
SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Silver Spring mother is suing the Montgomery County Police Department and local school board following a disturbing incident with her five-year-old son.
The civil lawsuit accuses officers of assault, false arrest and emotional distress after the child wandered out of East Silver Spring Elementary school. If you watch the video and slow it down frame by frame you just see terror in his eyes, Matthew Bennett, attorney to plaintiff Shanta Grant, said.