Policeman handcuffed two disabled children

A Kentucky sheriff has defended a deputy officer who restrained two disabled elementary schoolchildren by using handcuffs, last autumn. The sheriff says the deputy did nothing wrong.

“Covington Schools’ personnel requested assistance from the police during school hours, after school administrators’ efforts to defuse a threat to others had proven unsuccessful,” Kenton County Sheriff, Chuck Korzenborn, said a day after a lawsuit, against Kevin Sumner, a Kenton County deputy sheriff and school resource officer, was filed in federal court.

“Deputy Sumner responded to the call and did what he is sworn to do and in conformity with all constitutional and law enforcement standards.”