A 6-Year-Old Girl Was Handcuffed At School For Taking Candy

A woman is suing the Chicago Board of Education and a security guard for handcuffing her 6-year-old daughter at school after other students said she took candy off of a teacher’s desk. The incident took place in March.

Marlena Wordlow says her daughter, Madisyn Moore, was handcuffed by a school security guard and told to sit under a stairwell near the school boilers for about an hour. According to Wordlow’s lawsuit, Madisyn — who also has special needs — was “crying, sweating, and visibly scared and distraught.”

In an interview with the Daily News, Worldlow said the school security treated Madisyn harshly. “He said, ‘I’m teaching her a f — -g lesson. She took a piece of candy and I handcuffed her under the stairs,’” she said. Worldlow said the candy was actually part of her child’s lunch....
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