In York County, a family is in shock after a teenager left school with a black eye and her family says that police are to blame.
The incident happened at Lindbergh Education Center after 16-year-old Cierra Handy was asked to leave school and police were called in.
"I was scared, there was so much blood that I felt like, I didn't know what was gonna happen," Cierra Handy told us.
16-year-old Cierra Handy was at school on Monday at the Lindbergh Education Center when she claims police used excessive force to remove her from school after she was horsing around with her friends.
Cierra said she wouldn't leave until she was able to call her mom for a ride, but because she wouldn't leave, police were called to the classroom where Cierra was alone.
The 16-year-old got her phone and tried to call her mom, but says police kept her from making the call.
"The one cop slapped it out of my hand,” Handy commented. “He slapped it onto the desk and it cracked my phone screen."
After picking up her phone and grabbing for her purse, police brought out handcuffs.
"I was like, what are you doing all of this for?” Handy recalled. “All of this is unnecessary. I'll be about my way, I'm leaving now. Then he pulled out his handcuffs and I said, why are you pulling out your handcuffs, there's no need to arrest me."
According to Cierra, one of the police officers grabbed her. She pulled away and told him to stop.
"That's when they turned me around and they put my head into the sink, and that's when the other cop started to pull my hair," Handy told us.
Cierra said they then pinned her to the ground and began to cuff her.
"As they were putting the cuffs on me I just felt like a hit, but I don't know if it was by a hand or by something, but I felt a hit right here," demonstrated Cierra Handy.
"I had blood all over my face,” Handy commented. “So they pick me up and they drag me out of the classroom, and I kept screaming, 'call my mom, call my mom'.
Cierra's mom got the call once the teen was transported to the hospital where she had to get stitches for her injury before being charged with various criminal offenses.
"As she started to tell me the story, she started to cry, and the thought of three male officers unloading in a room on my daughter, and her screaming for me and no one tried to help her, broke my heart," commented Cierra’s mother, Nicole Carr.
According to police, Cierra was suspended and asked to leave campus, and when police tried to remove her from campus, she became combative, kicking and attempting to bite the officers. But Cierra's mother believes that the officers used excessive force.
"They abused their power, they overstepped their boundaries, and they're to serve and protect, and they didn't serve and protect," Nicole Carr concluded.
The York City Police Department is investigating this incident internally and they say at this time they will not comment or speculate on what happened.
Cierra and her mom are planning on meeting with an attorney Friday to file an excessive force lawsuit.
The incident happened at Lindbergh Education Center after 16-year-old Cierra Handy was asked to leave school and police were called in.
"I was scared, there was so much blood that I felt like, I didn't know what was gonna happen," Cierra Handy told us.
16-year-old Cierra Handy was at school on Monday at the Lindbergh Education Center when she claims police used excessive force to remove her from school after she was horsing around with her friends.
Cierra said she wouldn't leave until she was able to call her mom for a ride, but because she wouldn't leave, police were called to the classroom where Cierra was alone.
The 16-year-old got her phone and tried to call her mom, but says police kept her from making the call.
"The one cop slapped it out of my hand,” Handy commented. “He slapped it onto the desk and it cracked my phone screen."
After picking up her phone and grabbing for her purse, police brought out handcuffs.
"I was like, what are you doing all of this for?” Handy recalled. “All of this is unnecessary. I'll be about my way, I'm leaving now. Then he pulled out his handcuffs and I said, why are you pulling out your handcuffs, there's no need to arrest me."
According to Cierra, one of the police officers grabbed her. She pulled away and told him to stop.
"That's when they turned me around and they put my head into the sink, and that's when the other cop started to pull my hair," Handy told us.
Cierra said they then pinned her to the ground and began to cuff her.
"As they were putting the cuffs on me I just felt like a hit, but I don't know if it was by a hand or by something, but I felt a hit right here," demonstrated Cierra Handy.
"I had blood all over my face,” Handy commented. “So they pick me up and they drag me out of the classroom, and I kept screaming, 'call my mom, call my mom'.
Cierra's mom got the call once the teen was transported to the hospital where she had to get stitches for her injury before being charged with various criminal offenses.
"As she started to tell me the story, she started to cry, and the thought of three male officers unloading in a room on my daughter, and her screaming for me and no one tried to help her, broke my heart," commented Cierra’s mother, Nicole Carr.
According to police, Cierra was suspended and asked to leave campus, and when police tried to remove her from campus, she became combative, kicking and attempting to bite the officers. But Cierra's mother believes that the officers used excessive force.
"They abused their power, they overstepped their boundaries, and they're to serve and protect, and they didn't serve and protect," Nicole Carr concluded.
The York City Police Department is investigating this incident internally and they say at this time they will not comment or speculate on what happened.
Cierra and her mom are planning on meeting with an attorney Friday to file an excessive force lawsuit.