Body camera video shows US police officers berating five-year-old boy

This image from police body cam footage provided by Montgomery County Department of Police (Montgomery County Department of Police via AP)

A police department in Maryland has released body camera video that captured two of its officers berating a five-year-old boy who had walked away from his school, calling him a “little beast” and threatening him with a beating.

The video, released on Friday by the Montgomery County Police Department, shows one of the officers repeatedly screaming at the crying child, with her face inches from his.