A video of police hauling away an 8-year-old for allegedly stealing a bag of chips from a convenience store went viral on social media — prompting statements from the Syracuse Police Department and New York GovKathyHochul.
Attorney Ben Crump shared the video on Twitter and Instagram Wednesday, which was taken on an onlooker's cellphone. Various posts containing the same video have garnered millions of views.
"Syracuse police officers detained an 8-YEAR-OLD for allegedly stealing a bag of Doritos," Crump's caption read."Rather than talking to him or handling this incident in a different way, officers chose to escalate this incident and detain an obviously terrified young boy! How traumatizing is this?!""The juvenile suspected of larceny was not placed in handcuffs," a release from the SPD read.
"Let me just say as a mother: That was a heart-wrenching video to witness," Hochul said at a COVID-19 briefing Wednesday morning."A child weeping, being pulled by the police officers, put in the back of a police car over a bag of potato chips — at least that’s what the evidence says right now.
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