Girl, 9, restrained, sprayed with ‘irritant’

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Police in Rochester released two bodycamera videos Sunday of officers restraining a distraught 9-yearold girl who was handcuffed and sprayed with what police called a chemical “irritant.”

A total of nine officers and supervisors responded to the report of “family trouble” on Friday. The girl can be heard in the body-camera videos from officers at the scene screaming frantically for her father as the officers try to restrain her.

At a news conference Sunday, Deputy Police Chief Andre Anderson described the girl as suicidal.

Police said the girl disobeyed commands to put her feet in the car. An officer was then “required” to spray an “irritant” in the handcuffed girl’s face, the department said Saturday.