NY Gov. Hochul responds to video of police arresting 8-year-old boy: ‘Heart wrenching’

Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned a video of law enforcement officials apprehending a younger boy for stealing a bag of chips Wednesday, calling the footage “coronary heart wrenching.”

Footage shared extensively on social media reveals a police officer holding an 8-year-old boy’s arms behind his again as he takes him right into a police automobile. The video reveals the boy in hysterics and passersby yelling on the police that they have been overreacting a couple of bag of chips.

Law enforcement officials introduced the boy, alongside together with his two brothers, to their father’s home later that day. The daddy, Anthony Weah, instructed Syracuse.com that the officers have been skilled and pleasant after they arrived on the home and that not one of the boys have been harmed. Police didn’t press prices or require cost for the chips.

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Weah was nonetheless shocked when he noticed video of the incident.

“Why would the police deal with that baby like that?” Weah requested. “Over a $3 bag of chips.”

Hochul introduced up the video throughout a COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday, saying the state’s police must do extra to enhance relationships with communities of coloration.

“There’s a whole lot of ache on the market, and we have all seen the video of an eight-year-old being detained by the police,” she started. “I spoke with Mayor Walsh about this. And let me simply say as a mom, that was a heart-wrenching video to witness. A baby weeping, being pulled by the law enforcement officials, placing them again of a police automotive, over a bag of potato chips. A minimum of that is what the proof says proper now. That hits you proper right here. I imply, we’re all dad and mom, many people are dad and mom, and you may’t assist however think about the worry in that baby as he needed to endure that have.”

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“Constructing the belief again between the group and the police is so necessary. It has to start out. It’s beginning,” she added.

Police say they’re investigating the incident and analyzing the officers’ physique digicam footage. The Syracuse Police Division (SPD) launched an announcement Wednesday clarifying that the boy was not positioned in handcuffs or charged with against the law.

“We’re conscious of a video being shared on social media involving a number of of our officers and juveniles accused of stealing from a retailer,” the SPD acknowledged. “The incident, together with the officers’ actions and body-worn cameras are being reviewed.”