a nine-year-old kid sobs as he is placed
in handcuffs at his elementary school
called after fourth grader Devin
Shepherd got into a fight with a
classmate during recess when a teacher
intervened Devin hit the teacher the
boy's father is recording the
heartbreaking scene the footage is a
little shaky because he's trembling with
anger
dad just chill out buddy you leave with
me promise [ __ ] I'm recording it
wait I'm worried about my trying to
contacted you I'll get the report
tomorrow morning well everybody I'll be
right there
little Devin can't stop crying as he's
led out of needham Elementary School in
Franklin Indiana today Devon's parents
Ronnie and Melissa Shepard are speaking
out that video very hard to watch very
difficult to hear your son crying it was
very disturbing I knew I kept my cool
because I was out of school Devin says
the fight on the school playground was
triggered after his classmates started
bullying him Devin who is autistic was
charged with battery and criminal
mischief the local police department
says in a statement officers involved
followed both department and juvenile
arrest protocol but Devin's family says
they went too far well the charges
against the child were dropped the
school has now said in a statement that
their faculty handled this situation
calmly and with compassion
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