Police release body camera footage of 6-year-old girl's arrest in Orlando
Grandmother says she was heartbroken watching the video and says her granddaughter was treated like a 30-year-old hardened criminal.
A sobbing 6-year-old Florida girl begged Orlando cops to let her go as she was arrested at school for hitting three employees, disturbing police bodycam video shows.
The footage, released by the family of Kaia Rolle late Monday, shows the first-grader breaking down as she is restrained with zip ties on Sept. 19 at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy Charter School.
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“She’s going to have to come with us now,” Officer Dennis Turner tells a school employee, video shows. “Stand up, stand up … come over here.”
“What are those for?” Kaia asks.
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“It’s for you,” says Turner, who was later fired for violating department policy during the arrest.
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The girl starts crying uncontrollably and pleads with another officer to not put her in restraints, video shows.
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