Newly released video shows police officers pepper-spraying 9-year-old

ROCHESTER, NY- Newly released body cam footage shows police officers pepper-spraying a 9-year-old girl.

Police were responding to a call about a domestic dispute on Friday when they found the 9-year-old girl outside in the snow, during an argument with her mother.

According to a report obtained by the Democrat & Chronicle, the girl “indicated she wanted to kill herself and she wanted to kill her mom.”

In the video, you can see police trying to get the young girl  inside of a police car, while she’s in handcuffs and hysterical because she can’t speak to her father.

Police told her that they would contact her father if she just listened to them.

A police officer can be heard saying “Just spray her at this point,” and is seen pepper-spraying the girl. The girl can heard asking the officers to wipe her eyes.

Watch the video below:

Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said on Sunday “I’m not going to stand here and tell you that for a 9-year-old to have to be pepper-sprayed is OK.”

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