“They told us we had to wait a few minutes because Kaia was being fingerprinted, and when she said fingerprinted it hit me like a ton of bricks,” Meralyn Kirkland told the publication. “No six-year-old child should be able to tell somebody that they had handcuffs on them and they were riding in the back of a police car and taken to a juvenile center to be fingerprinted, mug shot.”
I actually don’t even know what to say to this. This is wrong on every level. twitter.com/drrjkavanagh/s…
The police officer said Kaia was arrested because "there was an incident and she kicked somebody," something Meralyn said may be due to a medical condition with Kaia they're working on resolving.
“The Orlando Police Department has a policy that addresses the arrest of a minor and our initial finding shows the policy was not followed,” Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón told NBC News. “As a grandparent of three children less than 11 years old this is very concerning to me.”
Dennis Turner has since been suspended until the investigation is complete.
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