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United States: They release video of the arrest of an African-American child with a disability in Florida – USA and Canada – International


On Monday, August 10 of this year, a 2018 video was released in which a child with a disability, who was 8 years old at the time and crying, was arrested at his Gerald Adams school, in Keny West, Florida, U.S. According to the lawyer in the case, Ben Crump, the minor’s family will file a lawsuit against the American city after hearing the clip.

In the video that was known and disseminated through social networks it is seen that the Police have difficulties to put the handcuffs on the minor because he is so small. According to information from the newspaperDaily Mail ‘the child would have hit one of his teachers in the chest and the Police arrested him “Considering it an act of serious aggression”.

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The name of the child does not appear in the arrest file because he is a minor, according to the local media.

Several people have made comments about the situation that has the United States in shock.

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The clip was released by lawyer Crump who has been in charge of handling several cases of African Americans subjected to discrimination or police abuse, such as George Floyd’s case.

The minor was not taken to an adult prison. However, in the audio of the video it is heard that one of the uniformed men tells the child “You’re going to jail. So you have to stand up and put your hands behind your back.”

For his part, Key West Police Chief Sean Brandenbur spoke out stating that the officers had done nothing wrong, according to information from the US newspaper.

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