Was this a proper way for police to handle an 8 year old accused of stealing or was there another way to deal with this situation?

[legalboxers]

https://news.yahoo.com/syracuse-mayor-responds-viral-video-181208586.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Syracuse mayor responds to viral video of police accosting 8-year-old boy accused of stealing chips

Social media users who have viewed the video contend that officers traumatized the child instead of talking to him humanely.

The mayor of Syracuse is responding to a viral video of his city’s police officers putting an 8-year-old boy in the back of a squad car after he was accused of stealing a bag of chips.

Mayor Ben Walsh said of the video, which was recorded on Easter Sunday, that the officers did not handcuff the boy. “The officer knew the child from prior interactions and explained to him that he was being taken home,” Walsh said. “The officers returned the child to his family and discussed the incident with his father before leaving without filing any charges,” he said, according to Syracuse. com.

Walsh has requested that Chief Ken Buckner and the Syracuse Police Department review all of the incident’s body camera footage, which went viral after bystanders shared it on social media. One of the videos has been viewed nearly 200,000 times.

And for the TRUMP FANS and BACK THE BLUE WANNABES.. HE DID NOT RESIST

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And sure as shit can be the Back the Blue the Trump Fans and the Karens shouting "HE IS RESISTING".. SMDH. Did you have your bowl of "Fuckery from Fox News". Or Fig NewsMax or
OAN Orange Juice.. fucking dumbasses..

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Will say it once.. I will say it again "JOE BIDEN IS YOUR FUCKING PRESIDENT".

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and for those Thin Blue Line - Drum Bangers. What happens when they pull your ass over? you will play your "Im white like you" card.. FUCK YOU

[JustinTheGreat]

Before I watched the video, I assumed they maybe put him in the car and pretended to arrest him to scare him and teach him a lesson. Which I would of supported.
but after watching, they were being way too aggressive and way too serious. Poor kid.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

The Mayor should have handled it differently and the police should have a complaint filed against them for putting a 8-year-old in the back of a police car for stealing a bag of potato chips this way too much for sure

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks for Most Helpful Guy:)

[lovedejj_xo]

Sorry but way too much as a social worker who has worked within Corrections and alongside
Police I left because I hated how things get handled. I had a child stealing food from kids lunch boxes come to find out he didn’t have food at home and other things. I’m not calling the police for that. I’m not recommending he get suspended in school for that either. It’s ridiculous in my opinion and I’d say the same thing even if the child was white doesn’t matter. Wrong is wrong.

[Snsl153]

Did it for a single moment occur to these ABSOLUTE IDIOTS (aka "police officers") that the child may have autism, and therefore that would account for why he doesn't like being wrestled with (hence the screaming)?

[CoffeeBeanBlack]

Seems consistent with how cops treat kids. No bullet holes, got home safe, talked to his parents/guardians.