NYPD cops handcuff and interrogate boy, 7, over missing $5, family claims

January 31, 2013 by legitgov

NYPD cops handcuff and interrogate boy, 7, over missing $5, family claims 30 Jan 2013 This kid was no killer -- but some callous Bronx cops sure treated him like one. Instead of earning himself a simple trip to the principal's office, a terrified 7-year-old boy was hauled out of class, handcuffed like a hardened criminal and "interrogated" by police for a grueling 10 hours -- all over a playground dispute involving $5, his family is charging. "My son was crying, 'Mommy, it wasn't me! Mommy, it wasn't me!’ I never imagined the cops could do that to a child. We’re traumatized," Wilson Reyes' distraught mom, Frances Mendez told The Post last night. The bizarre overreaction by cops came after the child had been accused of swiping $5 from another student after school.