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| 'Help me!': video shows Florida officer arresting six-year-old after tantrum | 'Help me!': video shows Florida officer arresting six-year-old after tantrum |
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| Body camera footage shows first-grader Kaia Rolle placed in a police car with her wrists bound | Body camera footage shows first-grader Kaia Rolle placed in a police car with her wrists bound |
| Newly released body-camera footage shows the moment a police officer in Florida arrested a six-year-old girl as she cried and begged not to be taken from school. | Newly released body-camera footage shows the moment a police officer in Florida arrested a six-year-old girl as she cried and begged not to be taken from school. |
| Kaia Rolle was led to a police vehicle with her hands fastened behind her back in zip ties after having a tantrum at her school in Orlando that included kicking and punching school personnel. | Kaia Rolle was led to a police vehicle with her hands fastened behind her back in zip ties after having a tantrum at her school in Orlando that included kicking and punching school personnel. |
| By the time police officers arrived at the Lucious & Emma Nixon academy, she had already settled down. | |
| In the video, Kaia can be seen seated and listening to a teacher read as officers approach her. | In the video, Kaia can be seen seated and listening to a teacher read as officers approach her. |
| After she asks what the zip ties are for, an officer, Dennis Turner, responds: “They’re for you.” | After she asks what the zip ties are for, an officer, Dennis Turner, responds: “They’re for you.” |
| Kaia starts to cry as a second officer, who has not been identified, binds her wrists. | Kaia starts to cry as a second officer, who has not been identified, binds her wrists. |
| “Help me. Help me, please,” she can be heard pleading and crying, as officers restrain her. | “Help me. Help me, please,” she can be heard pleading and crying, as officers restrain her. |
| As the officers lead her to a patrol SUV, Kaia can be heard saying: “I don’t wanna go in a police car.” | As the officers lead her to a patrol SUV, Kaia can be heard saying: “I don’t wanna go in a police car.” |
| The second officer replies: “You have to.” | The second officer replies: “You have to.” |
| “Please, give me a second chance,” she sobs. | “Please, give me a second chance,” she sobs. |
| Turner was later fired for violating agency policy. | Turner was later fired for violating agency policy. |
| The first-grader’s family released the footage of the September incident to the public late on Monday. | The first-grader’s family released the footage of the September incident to the public late on Monday. |
| According to the Orlando police department, a supervisor must first be present to approve the arrest of a child younger than age 12. Turner reportedly did not contact one. | According to the Orlando police department, a supervisor must first be present to approve the arrest of a child younger than age 12. Turner reportedly did not contact one. |
| In the clip, he brags about having arrested other minors. and attempts to reassure school officials that the juvenile detention center is not that bad. | In the clip, he brags about having arrested other minors. and attempts to reassure school officials that the juvenile detention center is not that bad. |
| He tells administrators he has made more than 6,000 arrests in his career, including of a seven-year-old, for shoplifting. School employees tell him that Kaia is six. | He tells administrators he has made more than 6,000 arrests in his career, including of a seven-year-old, for shoplifting. School employees tell him that Kaia is six. |
| “Now she has broken the record,” Turner replies. | |
| According to the Orlando Sentinel, both Kaia and a six-year-old boy Turner arrested at another school the same day were initially charged with misdemeanor battery. | According to the Orlando Sentinel, both Kaia and a six-year-old boy Turner arrested at another school the same day were initially charged with misdemeanor battery. |
| The state attorney Aramis Ayala announced last September, however, that she would dismiss the charges against both children. | The state attorney Aramis Ayala announced last September, however, that she would dismiss the charges against both children. |
| In an interview with the Sentinel following the video’s release, Meralyn Kirkland, Kaia’s grandmother, noted that after the arrest, Kaia had her fingerprints taken and needed a stepstool for a mugshot to complete processing while at the juvenile facility. | In an interview with the Sentinel following the video’s release, Meralyn Kirkland, Kaia’s grandmother, noted that after the arrest, Kaia had her fingerprints taken and needed a stepstool for a mugshot to complete processing while at the juvenile facility. |
| “You’re discussing traumatizing a six- and seven-year-old – and that’s a boasting right for you?” she said. “These are babies.” Kirkland said that Rolle had previously worked with the school to address her behavioral side effects from sleep apnea. | “You’re discussing traumatizing a six- and seven-year-old – and that’s a boasting right for you?” she said. “These are babies.” Kirkland said that Rolle had previously worked with the school to address her behavioral side effects from sleep apnea. |
| She added Kaia had since been transferred to a private school. Kirkland is also now petitioning the state to make 12 the official minimum age for arrest. | She added Kaia had since been transferred to a private school. Kirkland is also now petitioning the state to make 12 the official minimum age for arrest. |
| Currently, Florida does not have a legal minimum age. | |
| The Associated Press contributed to this report | The Associated Press contributed to this report |
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