Parents furious after 1st grader handcuffed at Georgia school

GEORGIA (WABC) -- Parents say they are furious after their first grader was handcuffed at a school in Georgia.

Photos allegedly show the bruises on the boy's wrists from the handcuffs.

The school district says a school resource officer cuffed the child because he was "acting in a disruptive manner and being self-destructive during school."

However, the boy's mother, Lakaisha Reid doesn't think he was harming himself.

"He just ran away from school. It does not require handcuffs for this - he is just a special needs kid," Reid says, "that's pretty young for handcuffs - anything could happen with handcuffs on him."

Reid added that she wants the school officers to be trained on how to handle special needs children.