An 11-year-old girl in Syracuse, New York was mistakenly handcuffed by deputies after being wrongly identified as a suspect in a car theft. The girl, who is Black, was detained for about seven minutes due to her clothing resembling the suspect's. Authorities apologized and released her after realizing their mistake.
An 11-year-old girl was filmed being handcuffed on a street corner by authorities in New York state after being wrongly identified as a suspect in a car theft, drawing outrage from the child’s mother and a prominent civil rights group.
This image, taken from a deputy patrol vehicle’s dashcam, shows a suspect wanted in a car theft in New York state. Authorities detained an 11-year-old girl who matched the description of this suspect before releasing her with an apology.The girl was handcuffed for about seven minutes as deputies compared an image of the suspect with the detained child, authorities said. Upon realizing their mistake, they released her with an apology and said that she looked similar to the wanted person.
The sheriff’s office said it met with the girl’s mother to discuss her concerns about having not been informed that her child was detained as part of a criminal investigation. The mother, speaking“I couldn’t even finish watching the video,” the girl’s mother, who asked not to be identified, told the outlet. “Even if it wasn’t my child, I wouldn’t be able to finish watching the video because that’s not how you handle children.
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