Video Shows Cop Restrain, Handcuff 10-Year-Old With Special Needs

The parents of a 10-year-old boy with special needs are demanding answers after their child was restrained and handcuffed at a North Texas school.

Its disgusting that this officer is put there to protect and serve our children, and he abused a disabled, little boy, the boys mother, Emily Brown, told DallasFort Worths KTVT News . He showed no compassion.

She is urging state and federal authorities to conduct an investigation into the incident.

According to Brown, her son Thomas, who has autism, was subdued by a Denton Police Department school resource officer on at least two occasions this year, on April 23 and April 30.

It was after the second incident, she said, that she and her husband discovered their son was covered in marks and bruises. Suspecting excessive force was used to restrain him, the Browns requested video from the officers body camera.

Authorities on Tuesday released the footage from the April 30 incident. In the video, recorded by a camera worn by Officer Eric Coulston, Thomas is seen attempting to hide in a cubbyhole. A teacher pulls the boy out, and Coulston scoops the boy up and carries him into an empty room.

Do you want the handcuffs? Or not? Coulston asks the child when theyre in the room.

Thomas repeatedly screams, Get off, and struggles to escape as the officer holds him facedown by his neck.

Coulston can then be seen handcuffing the boys arms behind his back.

Were back to where we were the other day, Coulston says. Want to kick some more?

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