Read the full article; Lawsuit Alleges Police Assaulted, Demoralized 5-Year-Old Who Walked Away From School
Two Montgomery County police officers loudly berated a 5-year-old boy who had walked away from his school, calling him a “little beast” and telling him that “I hope your momma let me beat you,” according to a body-worn camera recording of the incident released Friday by the police department.
At one point, after the child was driven back to his school and walked into an office, one of the officers put her face inches from his, screaming “Ahhh!” five times as he was crying.
“Oh, my God, I’d beat him so bad,” she said, loud enough for the child to hear, before speaking him to him directly: “You do not embarrass me like this at school.”
The video of the January 2020 interaction aligns with many of the allegations in a lawsuit filed this year by the child’s mother. That matter is pending.
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