The child was never handcuffed or charged during the incident, which was sparked by a larceny investigation, officials said.
The child was never handcuffed or charged during the incident, which was sparked by a larceny investigation, officials saidA bystander video that shows Syracuse, New York, police detaining a sobbing 8-year-old boy has prompted an internal investigation, officials said.
, which garnered 5 million views as of Wednesday morning, shows an officer who is behind the boy and restraining him by both arms while the child is crying.The one-minute clip begins with a man off-camera asking the officer holding the boy what police are doing before commenting that the child “looks like a baby to me.”Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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