As a result, the officers showed “deliberate indifference" to what should have been handled as a behavioral issue, he said. This is somebody’s child,” Crump said at an online news conference with the boy's mother, Bianca N. Digennaro. Key West Police Chief Sean T. Brandenburg said in a statement Monday that his officers did nothing wrong: “Based on the report, standard operating procedures were followed,” he said. The Monroe County School District said it can’t comment because of the legal action. The video footage shows officers telling the sobbing boy that he's “going to jail."

Source: ABC News August 11, 2020 13:30 UTC