Police officers in New York have apologized over what they say was a case of mistaken identity which saw officers handcuff an 11-year-old Black schoolgirl in Syracuse on Monday afternoon as she walked home from school.
Two deputies from the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office were out looking for a female suspect who had been spotted joyriding in a stolen gray Kia when they stopped the Brighton Academy student just five blocks from the site where the car had been abandoned, according to Syracuse.com.
