Nine-year-old girl pepper-sprayed by US officers

Sky News published this video item, entitled “Nine-year-old girl pepper-sprayed by US officers” – below is their description.

Warning: This footage shows a distressed nine-year-old girl being handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police officers.

Police officers responding to reports of ‘family trouble’ have been suspended after they pepper-sprayed a handcuffed child directly in the face.

Body-cam footage shows an officer demanding the little girl stops ‘acting like a child’.

Officials in Rochester, New York, would not confirm how many officers had been sanctioned, but said the suspensions would last at least until an internal investigation is completed.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/officers-suspended-after-pepper-spraying-a-handcuffed-nine-year-old-girl-in-the-face-12206107

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