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

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?