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Florida mother vows to sue after her 5-year old daughter is arrested.
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New York Amsterdam News . 4/28/2005, Vol. 96 Issue 18, p4-4. 1/5p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The article reports that the family of a 5-year-old Florida girl who was forcibly handcuffed by police officers at her St. Petersburg, Florida elementary school last month after misbehaving, is seeking legal action against the officers. The videotaped incident of Ja'eisha Scott being placed into handcuffs by three uniformed police on March 14 occurred after she allegedly acted unruly in her kindergarten class and hit a school official. A 30-minute videotape released by John Trevena, the attorney for Ja'eisha's mother, Inga Akins, showed the girl ripping papers off a bulletin board and punching an assistant principal, among other violent acts. Ja'eisha's reaction and subsequent handcuffing was caught on a camera that was rolling as part of a classroom self-improvement evaluation at the school, according to Trevena, who supplied the tape he said he obtained from police to the media.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10591818
- Volume :
- 96
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Amsterdam News
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 16925546