Minnesota: Daughter treated like ‘animal’ in St. Paul arrest

3 officers named:

• Alexander Graham
• Grady Sheehy
• Charles Busch

St. Paul police officer Alexander Graham​

Mother: Daughter treated like ‘animal’ in Minnesota arrest

The mother of a Minnesota girl whose videotaped arrest sparked an angry backlash on social media says her 13-year-old daughter has a mental illness and that officers were overly aggressive in handling her. Prosecutors filed a juvenile delinquency petition on Friday charging the girl with fourth-degree assault in connection with her arrest in St. Paul last week. Police say the incident began after the teen violated a no-trespassing order, fled officers and ultimately resisted arrest. But the girl’s mother, Davida Conover, said her daughter was “basically treated like an animal.” The Associated Press does not generally identify family members by ...

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