KEW WEST, Fla. – The Key West Police Department is in hot water after a video surfaced of an arrest at an elementary school, News 6 partner WPLG reports.Police body cam footage shows an officer trying to handcuff a crying 8-year-old boy reportedly with special needs who attends Gerald Adams Elementary School in Key West.The handcuffs are too big for the 3-foot-5, 64-pound boy, but he is taken into custody none the less.The child was accused, according to the arrest report, of punching a teacher in the chest after being reprimanded for not sitting correctly in the cafeteria during lunch.
Unbelievable!! @KWPOLICE used “scared straight” tactics on 8yo boy with special needs. He's 3.5 ft tall and 64 lbs, but they thought it was appropriate to.