He was eventually shackled at his feet “because he was attempting to kick and be physically combative,” said state police spokesman Trooper Jack Keller.
“An officer told me they had to handcuff his wrists and ankles for their safety,” she told the Watertown Daily Times. “I told him that was ridiculous. How could someone fear for their safety when it comes to a small, 5-year-old child? He said that he understood because he had four children of his own.”
She said her son was not put into a booster seat in the police car on the way to Samaritan Medical Center.
“If an accident happened, my son had no way of protecting himself because his hands and feet were bound,” she said.
Keller said: “Car seats aren’t required in emergency vehicles because they are exempt from seat belt laws..."
Continued - ‘Out-of-control’ 5-year-old handcuffed, shackled by New York state police
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