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Aug 21, 2008 7:22 pm US/Eastern

Disabled 11-Year-Old Handcuffed In School On L.I.

Edgar Leon-Caraballo Violently Taken Down After Refusing To Drop Small Rock; Mother Suing Cops, School District

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (AP) ― A mother says her learning-disabled son was forced to the ground and roughly handcuffed for refusing to drop a small rock he'd picked up at his Long Island school.

Suffolk County police Commissioner Richard Dormer said Thursday an officer cuffed the 11-year-old only to keep him from hurting himself.

Rosa Caraballo filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Aug. 7 against defendants including Suffolk police and the Huntington School District. She says the May 2007 incident at Huntington Intermediate School caused "extreme emotional distress" for her son, Edgar Leon-Caraballo.

School district officials haven't returned telephone calls seeking comment.

The lawsuit says Edgar was subjected to excessive force and was unlawfully detained. It seeks unspecified damages.

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