Video: Six-year-old screams for help while police arrest her at school
A heartbreaking video of a six-year-old girl who was arrested at a school has gone viral.
The girl, Kaia Rolle, was arrested for allegedly punching and kicking three employees, a disturbing police bodycam video shows. This is according to a report by news.com.au.
The devastating incident happened at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy Charter School in September 2019.
The video starts off with Kaia sitting in what seems to be the principal's office. The principal tells her that she has to leave with the police.
“Stand up. Come over here,” the officer tells the grade one pupil.
He then goes on to handcuff the girl.
Kaia is then heard screaming: “No, no, no, don’t put handcuffs on."
“Help me, help me. I don’t want to go to the police car,” she cries.
The policeman responded: “You don’t want to? You have to," while taking her to the van.
The young girl can be seen crying as she was being put in the back of the car.
The girl’s grandmother, Meralyn Kirkland, told reporters that the six-year-old suffered from sleep apnea - a sleep disorder where a person has pauses in breathing during sleep. The grandmother said this is the reason she would lash out at school.
A charge of misdemeanour battery against Kaia was dropped by prosecutors the following day, reports news.com.au.
The publication also reports that the policeman who arrested the girl was later sacked for violating agency policy for arresting children younger than 12 without a supervisor’s approval.
Here is the video of the arrest below: