Family of 12-year-old girl vows legal action against officer accused of kneeling on daughter's neck
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The father of a 12-year-old girl called for charges against an off-duty officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin who appeared to kneel on his daughter's neck while stopping a fight.
The father of a 12-year-old girl called for charges to be filed against an off-duty police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who appeared to kneel on his daughter's neck while trying to stop a fight.
"She's humiliated, she's traumatized. Every day I gotta hear, 'Daddy, I don't wanna go to school,'" the father, Jerrel Perez, said during a press conference in Kenosha Wednesday.
"It breaks me because I wasn't there to help her," he added. "I felt helpless."
Videos of the incident, which took place at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha on March 4, were captured by students and went viral.
