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Jul 25, 2008 7:04 pm US/Eastern
10-Year-Old Fends Off Bus Bullies With Pea Shooter
Cops Arrest Anor Frank, Keep Him Handcuffed For Hour
Reporting
Cindy Hsu
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
On Staten Island a little boy said he'd had enough of being bullied on the school bus, so he decided to fight back.
But what he did got him arrested and handcuffed.
Martha Frank is upset with her 10-year-old grandson for fighting back with a pea shooter. Anor Frank said he'd been bullied on the school bus for weeks.
"They jump me on the bus and beat me on the bus, and there's a big girl, she's way bigger than me and she stomped her foot into my chest," Anor said.
On Wednesday he fired back with a bean.
"I said, 'OK, leave me alone,' and he was still bothering me like pushing me around, and I just shot him. I didn't mean to shoot him. I was trying to get him to leave me alone," Annor said.
Police arrested and handcuffed Anor. He said the police kept him handcuffed in the squad car and then cuffed him to a chair at the station house.
"My hand was hurting, and I was dizzy and I was crying," Anor said.
When Annor's uncle arrived, he was shocked.
"I asked the officer next to him,' I know you got the handcuff on his hand' and I felt really bad because he's 10 years old and the officer said, 'I can't take the handcuffs off his hand.' I said 'Why?' He said, 'Because I have to complete the paperwork before I remove the handcuffs,'" Emmanuel Frank said.
Frank says his nephew was handcuffed for over an hour, at times with his hands behind his back. They ended up in the emergency room, later that evening because Anor was complaining about the pain in his hand.
Anor will be back in family court next month to deal with the bean shooting incident. Meanwhile his grandmother says she's now considering legal action against the police.
CBS 2 HD reached out to the police, but has not received a comment.
Police say the victim's family told them they wanted Anor arrested, but wouldn't comment on the use of handcuffs in the case.
Anor is facing juvenile charges for assault and reckless endangerment.
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