Cuff 'em ... in elementary school?

Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee Jun 20, 2025

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h2><p>KOMO News reports that the ACLU and parents are suing over a Kentucky school resource officer's placing of two elementary school students, both suffering from disabilities. The separate incidents involve an 8-year-old boy (school officials have a video of him in cuffs put on his arms) and a</p></h2>
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            <p>KOMO News <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Moms-lawsuit-Cop-restrains-kids-with-arms-handcuffed-behind-backs-320615542.html?ref=avalancheghost.one">reports</a> that the ACLU and parents are suing over a Kentucky school resource officer's placing of two elementary school students, both suffering from disabilities. The separate incidents involve an 8-year-old boy (school officials have a video of him in cuffs put on his arms) and a 9-year-old girl, who was apparently so upset after the handcuffing that an aid car was called to take her to a hospital. Both kids have been diagnosed as having ADHD, and Kentucky law forbids physically restraining children with disabilities.</p>
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KOMO News reports that the ACLU and parents are suing over a Kentucky school resource officer's placing of two elementary school students, both suffering from disabilities. The separate incidents involve an 8-year-old boy (school officials have a video of him in cuffs put on his arms) and a 9-year-old girl, who was apparently so upset after the handcuffing that an aid car was called to take her to a hospital. Both kids have been diagnosed as having ADHD, and Kentucky law forbids physically restraining children with disabilities.

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By Harrison Lee

Harrison Lee is an editorial intern at Crosscut. He is a senior at Seattle Academy. He has had journalistic experience working with Microsoft in Bangalore, India. In Seattle, he produced an investigat