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Dallas school police use handcuffs to restrain 7-year-old boy - CNN.com
Damn.. A week in a mental institute... at 7 years old.. against his mothers will.
A Dallas school district is being accused of using extreme force to restrain a 7-year-old special needs student last week.
Yosio Lopez was handcuffed, Tased and bruised by Dallas Independent School District (DISD) Police after the boy started banging his head against a wall in class, the Lopez family lawyer, David Ramirez, told CNN.
The boy told his mother, April Odis, that he was put on a desk with his arms cuffed behind his back while the school principal put her elbow on his neck and choked him to restrain him, the family lawyer said.
After the incident at school, Dallas ISD Police transported Yosio to a mental health facility without his mother's permission and committed him for nearly a week. His mother was unable to visit him for the first two days, Ramirez said.
Yosio was heavily sedated during his stay at Dallas Behavioral Hospital and was restricted from seeing his mother under the claim that he was "a danger to himself and those around him,"
Damn.. A week in a mental institute... at 7 years old.. against his mothers will.