The Brief
- The mother being detained as her three-year-old child watched is calling on the DOJ to investigate and says she plans to sue Winter Haven PD.
- She is also calling for an employee of Santiago’s Market to be fired for allegedly pulling a knife on her partner.
- The mother claims her daughter has PTSD from the incident.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A mother is calling on the Winter Haven Police Department to investigate the officers for ‘violating her and her daughter’s civil rights’.
This all happened two weeks after she was detained during an incident where her three-year-old child, who was seen with her hands behind her back, went viral on social media.
“All we could do as a family is just lay there with guns pointed at us,” said Mariah Banks, the child’s mother. Banks is also planning to sue the department.
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