Naughty 5-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed by Police
Pakistan Times Wire Service

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (US): Police officers in the United States are facing legal action after they handcuffed a 5-year-old girl.

They were called to a school in St Petersburg, Florida, after the girl misbehaved in a kindergarten class.

Teachers were unable to calm the girl down after she threw a violent tantrum.

The incident was caught on a video camera which was in the classroom as part of a self-improvement exercise.

It shows the tantrum starting when the girl refused to take part in a maths lesson.

She can be seen ripping papers off a bulletin board and punching whoever tries to calm her down.

The child's mother was contacted but was unable to pick up the girl for at least an hour - so teachers called in the police.

Three officers rushed to the scene, handcuffing the screaming girl by pinning her arms behind her back. They then drove her to her mother in the back of a police car.

A lawyer for the girl's mother has threatened to sue, describing the episode as "incomprehensible".●