Mother Plans to Sue Police After Child's Arrest

The Santa Fe New Mexican › September 04, 2004

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ESPAOLA -- A juvenile-probation officer witnessed police arresting an 8-year-old boy last week after the uncontrollable second-grader screamed, cried and yelled.

Two Espanola police officers arrested Jerry Trujillo -- who allegedly threw a basketball at another student's face -- after he didn't obey their commands to go back to class, police said.

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Mother Plans to Sue Police After Child's Arrest

Michelle R. Martinez, a probation officer, was at James Rodriguez Elementary taking care of school business for her daughter when she heard Jerry screaming, she wrote in a witness statement. Ma...

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