‘You Ain’t No Big Man’: Videos show disparities in Cleveland Police response to kids in crisis

‘You Ain’t No Big Man’: Videos show disparities in Cleveland Police response to kids in crisis

Body camera videos depict crisis interventions where children 10 and under were handcuffed in Cleveland. Specialists said they show disparities in how individual officers are handling kids in crisis.

‘You Ain’t No Big Man’: Videos Show Disparities in Cleveland Police Response to Kids in Crisis

Body cam footage reveals that officers don’t always follow department guidelines or training.

‘You Ain’t No Big Man’: Videos Show Disparities in Cleveland Police Response to Kids in Crisis – The Land

Body cam footage reveals that officers don’t always follow department guidelines or training.

Videos show disparities in Cleveland police response to kids

Cid Standifer, The Marshall Project An ambulance was already outside the East Side Cleveland home, its lights flashing, when the police officer arrived one evening in December 2020. According to body camera footage from the incident, the aunt of an 8-year-old with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder said the boy was “acting crazy.” At one point, she said he had climbed out a window onto the house’s roof. “You wanna be strapped down, buddy?…