In the videos, the girl can be heard repeatedly and frantically screaming for her father as officers try to restrain her after responding to a call for “family trouble” on Friday afternoon.
A total of nine officers and RPD supervisors ended up responding to the call, police said.
At a Sunday press conference, Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson described the girl as suicidal.
“She indicated she wanted to kill herself and she wanted to kill her mom,” he said.
In one of the videos, an officer can be heard asking the girl, “What is going on? How can I help?”
When officers then tried to put the girl into the back of a patrol car, she pulled away and kicked at them.
In a statement Saturday, police said the girl’s actions “required” an officer to take her to the ground, adding that “for the minor’s safety and at the request of the custodial parent on scene,” the child was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car as they waited for an ambulance.
Here is additional footage provided by Rochester police
They are assholes for? Cop instructed,child chimp refused,chimp escalted the event not the cops
They're assholes for spraying a 9yo. Push her feet in the car and shut the doors. Let her scream it out.
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