Lawsuit: Deputy held boy handcuffed for hours, juvenile jail kept him for days

[Jilly_in_VA]

A Farragut family whose middle school-aged son was kept handcuffed for hours in the back of a deputy's car and held for days in the juvenile center because of the delay taking him there has filed a federal lawsuit against Knox County.

The civil lawsuit filed by Knoxville attorney Adam Strachn seeks to hold Knox County responsible for violations of the boy's constitutional rights of due process and against unreasonable seizure.

Strachn declined to comment to Knox News about the lawsuit. The Knox County Law Director's Office and a spokesperson from the Knox County Sheriff's Office did not respond to a request for comment.

The boy was arrested on Sept. 16, 2022, according to the suit, after a Farragut Middle School teacher overheard him joking with friends about stealing a plane and crashing it into the school.

Later that day, the boy was taken out of class by a Knox County sheriff’s deputy and taken to the principal’s office, where he met with the principal, another deputy and a school counselor, the suit said.

https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2023/09/01/lawsuit-knox-county-deputy-held-boy-handcuffed-for-hours-juvenile-jail-kept-him-days/70740661007/

This is bullshit. They think they can treat kids any old which way. Wanna bet what color the kid is?

[tblue37]

1. K&R. Infuriating!

[multigraincracker]

2. Always go after the top elected officials.

If there is a large Civil Rights law suit, the sheriff and School Superintendent need to be challenged on that issue.

[dutch777]

3. Such a string of arrogance and/or stupidity, should be an easy case to win.

Granted, it was a dumb thing for the kid to say given all the terrible violence that has impacted our schools and kids but geez!

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. It was, but

Let's talk about an overreaction here. It said he was "joking around" with friends. What did he say, exactly? Something like, "Yeah, and I could steal a plane and slam it into the school!"? Hardly a cause for all this.