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Cheryl Corley

In some states, your 6-year-old child can be arrested. Advocates want that changed

Meralyn Kirkland with her granddaughter, Kaia Rolle. (Sarah Espedido/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Kaia Rolle was 6 years old when police arrested her at a Florida school in 2019. The then first-grader was accused of kicking and punching staff members while throwing a tantrum.

A police officer used zip ties to handcuff her. The video of her crying and pleading with a school resource officer not to handcuff her sparked widespread outrage at the time. It also led to changes in state law.

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