Officer Dennis Turner arrested Kaia Rolle, a first-grader, on a battery charge in September after her grandmother Meralyn Kirkland said she threw a tantrum at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy in Orlando. The treatment of the girl drew widespread criticism, the Orlando Police Department apologized, and Turner was fired days later.
Now, the video, which was provided to BuzzFeed News by the family’s attorneys, shows how the arrest happened. Turner, who was on duty as a school resource officer at the time, enters an office where Kaia is seated with a school employee and tells her to stand up.
“Give your hands, OK?” another officer says. “Come over here, honey.”
Kaia begins to cry as the officer ties her hands behind her back, screaming, “No, no, don’t put handcuffs on.”
“I don’t want to go in the police car,” she sobs.
“You don’t want to,” the officer says. “You have to.”
“No, please. No, please, give me a second chance,” Kaia cries. “Please, please just let me go.”
On the same day that Kaia was arrested, officials said Turner arrested a second 6-year-old at school in a separate incident. According to the police department, he did not follow its policy requiring approval from a watch commander for the arrest of any children under the age of 12.
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