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A woman in northern Mississippi requested an apology from the Senatobia Police Department as well as the termination of several of its officers after her 10-year-old son was held for urinating in a parking lot.LaTonya Eason, the mother of 10-year-old Quantavious Eason, said she was at an appointment August 10 at a business and her son, who was outside, saw a sign saying there was no public restrooms, so he decided to relieve himself on private property near her vehicle, Eason told reporters Wednesday during a news conference with her attorney.An officer who was driving by spotted the boy, she said. He stopped and went inside the business looking for Quantavious’ mother, she said. Eason said she admonished her son for his behavior and the officer seemed satisfied.She thought the ordeal was over.“I said, ‘Well you know better, don’t let it happen again.’ The officer was like ‘you handled it like a mom just make sure he doesn’t do it again. He can get back in the car,’” Eason said.Then four other Senatobia police officers, including a lieutenant arrived, according to Eason. She said her son was arrested, put in a police vehicle and taken to a police station.Eason said the arresting officer said he had to take action. He “was like, ‘Yeah, I got to arrest him. He can’t do that.’ He made my son get out of the car, told my baby to put his hands behind his back and they took him to the patrol car.” Senatobia Police Chief Richard Chandler said in a statement that the child was not handcuffed during the incident.“An officer personally witnessed a 10-year-old child committing an act in public which would have been illegal for an adult under these circumstances,” Chandler said in the statement, which was posted on Facebook.The boy’s mother was not present when the incident happened, according to Chandler, but once she was located, she “was advised that her child was going to receive a Youth Court Referral for this matter.The officers then transported the 10-year-old to the police station to complete the paperwork where the child was released to the mother,” the statement said.Moore and the family are demanding an apology, and that the police chief, the lieutenant on scene, and the arresting officer be fired. The family also wants the arresting officer to be named and for the charge against Quantavious to be dropped.
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