Sheriff addresses concerns over girl detained

[@john-tomlinson]

He thinks he's defending his officers and addressing "concerns.' Actually he's demonstrating a total failure of leadership and raising more concerns.

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

The handcuffs were certainly not for the child's safety. The handcuffs were certainly not for the officer's safety. The child suffered routine and ritualistic humiliation at the hands of these officers. Of course it should be department policy to inform parents the moment any child is detained. This policy was not in place because the Sheriff is in the wrong job.

[@shannonfergusson978]

The female officer was way too excited to be able to handcuff and possibly arrest this young crying lady.

[@darlenedowie2926]

The innocent victim is not a lady but an 11 years old child.

[@drk.i.a.2969]

Yep, she didn't recognize her hidden bias b/c she is black.

[@monarnyc]

This was a child.

[@angelahunter5954]

@@shannonfergusson978 young girl

[@barrymccreary9565]

You did arrest the wrong person sheriff your an embarrassment

[@zarakenpacHidan1736]

"The profile gained from a teen PASSENGER in a stolen kia"......yet the officers pull up, saying she STOLE & DROVE the car! Sheriff unblinking, like his bvllshit won't be seen thru; "They're black, which means they're armed....." WHAT?!?

[@robertdavis4408]

He also said in so many words "if we jump out and handcuff any black person/kids even though they've done nothing wrong😂 that "Scare Technique"😮 like whatever WRONG they do toward US should help in the future 😂😂😂😂😂 DAMN their WAY of thinking bout us ain't from SH!T 🧻

[@catherinetiernan5888]

How exactly were they protecting an 11 year old child. 😮

[@jasonparker6138]

It's like when the mob offers you an opportunity to pay them money to protect you and your business from bad things that might happen to it. They are protecting you from them.

[@markusshelby3436]

Are you joking every other day?We hear how eleven to sixteen year olds are killing people.. Seven minutes in handcuffs broho ho ho she wasn't arrested.... I don't like cop ether

[@rschalk]

BULLLLLLLL SHIT. Always denying any fault! Police need education. His 11-year old son or daughter needs to be detained and cuffed for 7 minutes and see if he changes his BS tune.

[@monarnyc]

@rschalk Exactly. I worked with a guy and he came in all upset saying the police had beat his son up. Another co worker (both were a lot older than myself) said to him when the police beat up Rodney King you didn't have a problem with that, so why complain when it happened to your son.

[@kevindwelle1625]

Honestly and Realistically! All Black Children are treated like "Criminal Adults" by Police in America...

[@VickieVollmar]

He lies, they lie about everything

[@Beauty-n-Brain-1]

Yes i don’t believe it was a report of a stolen car at all, the picture showed a person getting out of the car on the right, when a person steals a car they are the driver, i think they found a photo just to justify there story, this is bullying racist an a fear tactic so they can grow up fearing them

[@feral_housecat]

Cops are allowed to lie.

[@ajstramaski6211]

No we have the benefit of the ability to use critical thinking skills and context clues. This sheriff is bad news. He needs to be replaced. He has the attitude his deputies can do no wrong. That’s a dangerous attitude for the citizens. For the record, it’s absolutely shitty police work. Serving and protecting or harassing and collecting?

[@johnnytwotimez]

Please go to law school. You could do great good.

[@justice4896]

Well said!!!

[@marlock6573]

Yeah, it's just showing that incompetence in the department is flowing from the top down.

[@victory1261]

I hope her family sues.

[@williegrant3054]

💯 for those 7 MINUTES

[@johnnystewart83]

He wouldn't have done this to a little white girl.😮

[@virgobutterfly1680]

To be fair, young white girls are not stealing Kia and Hyundai vehicles. We have to stop reinforcing the stereotypes against us. It mainly hurts people who are law-abiding and look like us.

[@Ta_Dow]

Get them now so we won’t chase them later.I caught the hate in his voice and that man a monster I’m telling you

[@elib7311]

The level of his racism in his comment…and that child is now damaged for life.

[@johnnyb8399]

These police are not human beings

[@robertdavis4408]

They just got Too Many Toys(weapons)to play wit

[@jamescrowe6531]

This sheriff is incompetent and a sad excuse for law enforcement.

[@Matty272]

The way he talks about it as if it wasn’t a highly traumatic event for her. Apologies don’t magically take away the trauma.

[@therealrickross1314]

This is ridiculous and sad. The sheriff chief needs to take accountability. SMH

[@johnnytwotimez]

But wouldn't a few patient minutes of conversation dispelled any suspicions? Chief basically says, we were afraid she might run? You get paid to chase, son.

[@monarnyc]

@johnnytwotimez If they had talked to the children they would have known this was not the person they were looking for.

[@johnnytwotimez]

@monarnyc why not talk before cuff? Because they're afraid they'll have to chase. Not a reasonable action to cuff a person, age regardless, that has no probable cause against them and is not a THREAT. Not threat of running, physical officer safety threat. The detention in cuffs is not reasonable, this girl will have a nice chunk of cash if this goes to court and i bet it will.

[@monarnyc]

@johnnytwotimez Exactly talk first, be assured the person who you are talking to is the correct person you are seeking. I sincerely hope the family sues. These police officers need glasses with the mistakes they made- clothing not correct, hair style wrong, complexion wrong.

[@johnnytwotimez]

@monarnyc lazy. Not wanting a potential foot chase, lazy. Not taking time and effort to treat girl the way they'd want to be treated, lazy Sheriff blaming the lack of civil rights on the high crime location, lazy and stupid. As if the level of our rights is on a sliding scale based on where we happen to be in this country. Damn stupid

[@e.blue37]

So this man thinks that this young lady managed to take those braids out and put her hair in ponytail within 30 minutes, then thought she would trip up the police by changing from military style camo pants to hunting style camo pants, and then changing her dark pink jacket to a light pink jacket. Is he trying to tell us that's a reasonable train of thought? You would think attention to detail would be important to law enforcement, I mean you're only playing with people's lives. Literally.

[@monarnyc]

@e.blue37 you hit it correctly and the skin color was wrong. The person they wanted was of a lighter complexion.

[@krendellbreaux7825]

That was some racist comments from that cop.

[@briendoyle3823]

So the Sheriff just admitted to racial profiling on camera.

[@audioditions]

That sheriff is a soulless bigot. I can see it in his unblinking eyes, and totally unapologetic demeanor. He placed zero blame on the actions (and investigative stupidity) of the officers in detaining that 11 year old CHILD.

[@KeithFoad]

I wonder if that officer would treat a member of his own family like that. Disgraceful behaviour from a bully in uniform .

[@IICOR1552]

0:41 - YOU ARRESTED THE WRONG PERSON!!!! TO THE FAMILY: PLEASE SUE!!! PLEASE SUE!! THE POLICE CAN'T KEEP MAKING MISTAKES THAT TURNS PEOPLE LIFE UPSIDE DOWN THEN SAY "WHOOPS MY BAD!!"

[@troublewomantroublewoman2224]

Amen please sue

[@markusshelby3436]

But she wasn't arrested

[@Freedomofspeechisajoke]

@@markusshelby3436She was handcuffed. Thats enough.

[@vintageradio58]

We use news like this to teach our children not to trust the police.

[@TruthDefined4life]

EVERY day. Stranger Danger!

[@leswilcox5622]

Another instance of a police officer detaining the wrong person. When is this crap going to stop. Sue the officers and the Sheriff for not training his officers properly. The officers should have identified the correct suspect BEFORE the young girl was placed in handcuffs.

[@DJ-Everyday]

Curious, if long hair was the difference, then why wasn't that noticed before they put her in handcuffs?

[@KevinPiland]

Often times the description can be very confusing and the bad part about it is the wrong person is often either detained or arrested until after the fact which usually is called guilty until proven innocent. I matched a description of a suspect once despite not being arrested.

[@byrondaniel4410]

Yes why cops are hated more everyday

[@ricosally6734]

I used to live in that area, the racist stuff that goes on, is like Alabama and Mississippi

[@ChelleLlewes]

Anyone who handcuffs a child is terrified. And anyone who is that terrified of a child does *not* belong on a police force! Big bad bully scared of a little girl. For shame!

[@demariosreefaquarium7475]

That deputy would've gotten a dial tone from me if that was my daughter. Lawsuit big Time, the city will be paying for her college tuition in full.😮

[@ronaldparker4485]

Fire his ass now and sue them.

[@TruthDefined4life]

Hey, Sheriff. NO ONE is safe when the police show up-especially children, apparently.

[@GeneGilliam-p7h]

What he's trying to tell you is his gang member did nothing wrong, we don't report to you. You should shut up and let us do whatever we want, we are the law.

[@TonamiBriley-e4v]

SUE SUE SUE PERIOD

[@lynettevinich861]

How many dangerous criminals were roaming the streets ,that they could have been chasing?? Do those mofos feel safe yet? Complete incompetence!!!!

[@MomIrregardless]

if i have to hear 'the LEOs followed our policy and we find no wrongdoing" i will be SICK. disgusting , and even MORE disgusting, the chief: 'good question, we have to EDUCATE THE PUBLIC to agree with the police and COOPERATE with us!! " what we didi to the child for what, 6 minutes and 48 seconds doesnt matter, what matters is that we got the job done....(except they havent found the actual child YET!! )

[@Ken-e6w5h]

The Sheriff can defend these actions all he wants, but his officers created at least one mother and two young girls that will forever distrust police. And probably many others in the community as well. He did nothing to change that.

[@Visiontech]

So the police perspective is the only one that matters? What about the community perspective. How can a police officer be in danger if you’ve checked an 11 year old and they don’t have weapons. I am very suspicious about the photograph that the sheriff released it doesn’t look as clear almost as if they dirty the photograph up digitally 30 I mean.

[@mar25947]

These people are beyond stupid. Absolute shame. The parents NEED to sue! Use the money you win to send her to law school. 😊

[@sharonkaysnowton]

My problem is this child cannot drive. How could she have stolen a Kia???? She is 11 years old. The deputies handled this wrong.

[@Hex-yq3uo]

Safety?? Scared of an 11 year old girl. Give me a break, thats just racial profiling.

[@derrickjones6442]

If the girl had been a different complexion, I don't think she would have been handcuffed.

[@monarnyc]

@derrickjones6442 I am sure they would have stopped the children and talked to them first.

[@mikewhitman578]

A damn GED is all it takes for you to be a cop

[@mar25947]

Yup, they don't want educated people who can use logic. Just want the brainless that follow orders without question.

[@rongarrett1366]

You're missing the point, Sheriff. You put the handcuffs on the wrong girl.

[@michaelgabriel7919]

This is just a symptom of a much bigger problem. American law enforcement has been slowly shifting towards this for decades... and this incident (along with countless more) is the fruit of that shift. Just take a look at the traditional role the police assume... almost every police department in the country holds the words... To Protect And Serve... sacred. Yet... in many cases that belief... that oath... falls flat. Gone are the days when an officer might be expected to place themselves in harms way in the course of their duties. Law enforcement has been entrusted with unusual and special responsibilities... and the answer has been a move towards militarization, and an overwhelming sense of entitlement.

[@angelahunter5954]

No car found....you wouldn't had a case anyway...

[@ellie.v9765]

I'm concerned by the chic cop saying that they all look alike in a fake black voice. That's blatant racism and discrimination. You people are absolutely psycho.

[@CKM-gf3ik]

When you are being publicly humiliated in front of your friends, neighbors, classmates and strangers, 7 minutes might as well be 7 years. This is what people who scoff at why the victims are upset don't understand....until it's their turn getting treated like that in front of the whole world. Tunes often change once the shoe is on the other foot.

[@kendallcoleman839]

If you did no wrong, why the policy change?

[@robertsegbedzi4978]

Fantastic point

[@JohnCarter-je4re]

Remember this at voting time voters

[@thomasfryar9418]

she was not SAFE !!!

[@Carmel-t1w]

This is SICK!

[@drk.i.a.2969]

How the heck do you not call an 11yr old's parents b4 taking her in custody...that child cud hurt her self alone in jail..with all those racists around her saying stupid shizz.

[@pyrplebutterfly]

The sheriff is callous and really isn’t sorry…….And soon police will have qualified immunity

[@leeroberts925]

How did handcuffing make the little girl safe????

[@hermanmiller3708]

If you put a person in handcuffs, you have seized them and deprived them of their liberty and by definition that is an arrest regardless of how it is "copsplained". Good police work would have involved in listening to the people who were accompanying her as they told them about her whereabouts since leaving school.

[@mrgregc14]

What do he mean by saying that community. So it’s not one community????

[@Mario-t8b8y]

About HER safety? We know whose safety they care about, and it’s not “the children,” as they always claim. Uvalde and many other individual incidents have proven that. Another child who has learned to hate cops.

[@h2lo704]

If you think the innocent girl matches the picture of the wanted car thief, you have outed yourself, your inability to differentiate black ppl is telling.

[@jimgiebner4264]

the sheriff is always going to side with his deputy

[@Scottishkells]

Completely appaling! Simple power of deduction could have prevented this. The other 5th graders had mire critical thinking skills than they did.

[@jbubba1053]

Sickening

[@irishmitchell1598]

That's not good police work. Chief is not truthful. Policy change lol 😅 . Keep them cameras rolling Keep them law suits rolling. Gezzzz

[@wms7719]

“Their parent” instead of parents @2:40 😳

[@PuddyTatt]

Your looking for a felon??? There is a convicted felon at mara logo.

[@TruthDefined4life]

😂😂😂 Facts! They wouldn't even put him in handcuffs. However, it's okay to do it to an 11 year old kid.

[@lifestylelove2651]

So i seen the pictures as we did today its dont look the same at all her pants were woods huntig camo while the other girl had on military army camo lol...but hey she black so what the hell........they all look alike...its just sad really sad

[@christophercole64]

Alot he says meaning one

[@e.blue37]

He wants to educate the community, okay but when does the community get to educate the police? And people don't be fooled, they were not going to call that child's parents to come to the location that little girl was handcuffed. When you are detained they can transport you to the police station and put you in an interrogation room and then at some point call your parents. That is something they already do, That's what they did to the "Central Park 5". So his solution is a non-solution.

[@HairyBunyip]

Being a police officer in America would have to be one of the worst jobs I can imagine. You are not well trained before being unleashed on the community. Most of your training is on firearms use so you hit the streets thinking everyone has a weapon and is out to kill you. Not true but you can't take chances so you approach everyone as if it is, so this alienates the population against police. You have the right to put anyone in handcuffs that you want to. This pisses people off especially the innocent ones. You can incarcerate innocent citizens until you work out if they are innocent or not or just because they have pissed you off. This makes people upset and therefore they don't like the police. You are taught it is ok to assault citizens even when you don't know if they have actually committed a crime and get away with it so people get upset with you. I could go on and on but I think you get the message !!!!!!!!!

[@Lilkita]

They're parents will be contacted after the kid Is kidnapped, brought to the police station, then questioned without a lawyer. .. then that black kid gotta fight months or years for there F'n FREEDOM!!!!!! TF 🤬🤬😑😑😑

[@bigd7481]

That sheriff just told his whole community that none of their children are safe outside their homes walls and that his officers will come of them if they feel like it.

[@mariaschatz9141]

I was in the ER last year really sick and saw a little boy maybe 9 yrs old handcuffed. I couldn't believe it.

[@hectorbart]

So no real investigative work, just someone who "matches the description".

[@monarnyc]

The police had arrested 2 or 3 people in the stolen vehicle. They could not tell the difference between a 11 year old from a 15 year old? Why didn't they find out who the girl was from the ones they arrested? The police should have asked questions of the children,rather than putting one in handcuffs. The children said we were making a snowman and playing in the snow one block away, they could go and see. I want to know the exact description of the person they were looking for-height, weight, build, complexion, any other distinguishing characteristics.

[@williegrant3054]

FUDGE THE APOLOGY!! GIVE this CHILD… Therapy and COMPENSATION! She WILL NEVER TRUST THE POLICE EVER AGAIN. Period

[@darlenedowie2926]

At 0:42 of the video Sheriff Toby Shelley needs to be sued by this 11 years old child 's mother because there no way that baby matched the description of the allegedly criminal getting into or getting out of the allegedly stolen vehicle. At this point, he is showing he isn't fit for his job as sheriff. There is no justification for this child to be detained by these sanctimonious and bully police officers. When the photo came into their police phone, they knew that they detained the wrong person. The allegedly criminal doesn't look like the 11 years old, and her clothing she was wearing doesn't fit the description of the innocent victim. The Sheriff Toby Shelley thinks releasing the photo makes it ok that his deputies harassed an innocent child, but they look very bad, and it shows they have no common sense or thinking ability. The scary part is that they all have guns and badges. I personally hope the mother sues this Sheriff Toby Shelley and his deputies and this police department for racially profiling a child. The innocent victim's pink jacket wasn't puffy as the allegedly criminal in the photo, and their pants looked totally different. He is straight-up a racist person who happens to be the sheriff. There no justification for what he is saying because we know the innocent victim and her cousin and their friend didn't have any guns in their possession. This racist is criminalizing our Black community and our children. What his racist self doesn't realize is that not all of our people are criminals. This is his racist policy to harass our children. At 1:09 that is a lie that it was for the 11 years old child's safety but to terrorize and traumatize our Black community, especially our children in that city or town in Syracuse. I hope the mother sues this police department. This sheriff is why Black people don't respect or trust the police. Atv1:15, Reporter Andrew Donovan did a puff piece of reporting for Sheriff Toby Shelley. Sheriff Toby Shelley at 1:37 doesn't understand we aren't buying his straight-up gaslighting because this child didn't have a gun and she isn't a teenager. The 2 other girls she was with aren't teenagers either. These girls aren't felons either. Reporter Andrew Donovan didn't do him any favor by putting this on television and social media because Sheriff Toby Shelley looks like a racist tryant.At 1:39 of the video, Sheriff Toby Shelley 's officers didn't fit out anything but the cousin did fit it out by pointing out her cousin wasn't the individual in the photo. Those police officers refused to believe it. It is on video what all those tyrants with a gun and badge did to that baby. Gaslighting isn't working.The Black community doesn't need any education from Sheriff Toby Shelley at 2:05. Every Black people who saw that video knows it was racist police officers racially profiling an 11 eleven years old child just because they could. What doesn't understand majority of the Black people aren't going to accept this form of police brutality on us, especially not on our children. Keep your bs education.Black people are not going to cooperate with this form of your policing as this sheriff is demanding at 2:07. At 2:15, Sheriff Toby Shelley doesn't realize he isn't keeping Black people safe by doing this form of policing..

[@wtate3840]

You don’t get to figure it out while violating someone’s rights.

[@DDJ0051]

Sue this Sheriff and the deputies.

[@Pet1717]

Big lawsuit time!!

[@virgobutterfly1680]

The description was the same, but the pictures showed two different people.

[@georgecraytin9838]

Puffy jacket and cammo pants matched this girl to a tee along with probably twenty other girls in the school. We know all teen girls wear the same things to be in style.

[@susanwilliams4953]

Racism & child abuse. Healing to the 11 year old child. (I hope the family sue, empty apology).

[@JohnSimpson-yt9vu]

All that shows is why we should never just cops

[@tarrishenryful]

That's breaking the law chief....smh!!! Lawsuit

[@rbrb5275]

Amerikkka

[@Bearman0311]

The messed up thing is all those officers saw was a black teenager instead of actually doing actual police work all they care about is taking somebody into custody whether it's the person or not never trust law enforcement and always film them they are not legally bound by law to protect anybody.

[@ronaldwerner3542]

Lmao 🤣 I guess the officers were scared of her so they had to handcuff her.

[@ricladouceur6202]

Seriously the color and style of the jacket didn't match and the hair style didn't match! She was 11 yeats old! She was not a threat and was cooperating. Some kids did bad things is not grounds to treat everyone as a threat. You need to do individual assessments! It really irks me when police say stuff like that! They are the first to claim there are a few bad apples in policing and we shouldn't all be judged by their behavior!

[@sharonburton9663]

Wow shame on them

[@SykotikShadow]

Police will always try and cover their ass when always in the wrong.

[@troyparker8890]

When you're not thought of as human .... Amerikkka started like this and will fall as same.

[@mackiegreene8922]

Pink and lavender are not the same color.

[@onetwowontoo]

They earn the hate everyday

[@Esther-lm6pm]

Village justice needs to come back. That DEI hire needs to go. THEY HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS THEY HAVE TO CALL THE PARENTS FIRST. . This is racial profiling. that Police department is personally racist and has been called out several times.

[@vanessawhetstone4251]

Of course he’s defending them, duh🥴

[@streetlegalsprintcar]

Sue for $2 million. ❤

[@DOGSNDOLPHINSRAWESOME]

She didnt fit the description! Coat and pants were different. Suspect looked taller with longer hair. They are just idiots!

[@terrianderson9616]

If she was white?🤷🏾‍♀️

[@laserjet219]

Chief displays as a failed leader

[@4catsnow]

After their Facebook page began to resemble an artillery practice range...The Sheriff found himself motivated to institute some changes...

[@4catsnow]

Update.. the comments have reached an uncomfortablelevel ,,,and the Sheriff's department has found it prudent to disable general comments...