Park Slope PTA protests student-handcuffing incident
Conflicting versions of the story at Park Slope Collegiate
Parents at a Park Slope secondary school are protesting what they say was the uncalled for handcuffing of a student on Thursday by NYPD officers who acted despite protestations from witnesses that the boy had done nothing wrong.
Parents and students held a protest rally on Friday at Park Slope Collegiate, one of four schools housed in the former John Jay campus at 237 7th Ave. They called for the elimination of metal detectors at the school, saying they make students feel like criminals.
NYPD sources say, however, that the incident, while unintentional, was triggered when the high school student became confrontational.
NYPD spokesperson Kim Y. Royster told the Brooklyn Eagle on Friday that the school safety agent was “struck in the eye by a 19-year-old student. The student was issued a summons for disorderly conduct which will be returnable in youth court. The allegations were referred to the Internal Affairs Bureau and will be investigated by CCRB.”