School isn't usually tough for Kalyb Wiley-Primm, a smart, soft-spoken kid who likes science and robotics.
But one day in second grade, Kalyb said, some bullies made it a nightmare. Upset by the bullies' taunts, he began to cry and yell. "I was like, 'I didn't do anything to you!'" he recalled.
When a school security officer at George Melcher Elementary found Kalyb crying and screaming in the classroom, he asked Kalyb to come with him. Out in the hallway, Kalyb, still crying, refused to follow the officer.
According to the incident report, the officer told Kalyb to "calm down" and tried to assure him "he wasn't in trouble," but for Kalyb, it didn't feel that way.
"It was not okay," Kalyb, now 10 years old, said. "I was very mad."
Kalyb kept trying to walk away from the officer, and got more upset the farther they walked. The officer then handcuffed the 50-pound, four-foot boy and marched him to the principal's office. According to the incident report, the officer said he cuffed the boy, who "appeared to be out of control," to keep him from hurting himself.
[For more of this story, written by Hannah Rappleye, Brenda Breslauer, Stephanie Gosk, and Kenzi Abou-Sabe, go to http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us...t-disability-n722451]
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