7-Year-Old Boy Gets Removed From Class And Placed In Handcuffs For Crying

In 2014, 7-year-old Kaylb Wiley Primm was attending second grade in Kansas City, Missouri when he was the victim of a troubling case of abuse.

Kaylb had been dealing with ongoing cases of bullying at school. He has trouble hearing and is routinely bullied for this reason. When Kaylb one day started crying and screaming as a result of the bullying the school resource officer, Brandon Craddock, got involved, according to the Huffington Post.

Craddock removed the 7-year-old from the classroom. However, when the crying persisted, the officer put the child in handcuffs and had him sit in the principal’s office for 15 minutes while they waited for a parent to arrive and pick him up.

Now, two years later, the ACLU has gotten involved and a lawsuit has been filed.

“This child committed no crime, threatened no one, and posed no danger to anyone,” said ACLU of Missouri Legal Director Tony Rothert. “Gratuitously handcuffing children is cowardly and violates the constitution.”

The ACLU additionally adds this incident, “also violated state policy, which says that the use of restraints for elementary and secondary students should be used only in extreme circumstances or emergencies.

While the incident appears like a trivial case to some, Kalyb’s mother Tomesha Primm says there have been long-lasting effects. She pulled her son out of the school in favor of homeschooling after the incident. She said her son also started having nightmares and wetting the bed.

“I couldn’t believe it because I couldn’t imagine they were allowed to do anything like that, or I would never have put him in there,” said Primm. “He knew he didn’t do anything wrong. He didn’t know if the man was going to take him to jail.”

Due to homeschooling her son, Primm has “missed out on an income.” Kaylb returned to traditional school this year, but the lawsuit goes on.

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