A Kentucky sheriff is standing behind a deputy officer who restrained two elementary school children with disabilities using handcuffs last fall, saying he did nothing wrong. "Covington Schools' personnel requested assistance from the police during school hours after school administrators' efforts to deescalate and defuse a threat to others had proven unsuccessful," Kenton County Sheriff Chuck Korzenborn said in a statement on Tuesday, a day after a lawsuit against Kevin Sumner, a Kenton County deputy sheriff and school resource officer, was filed in federal court. "Deputy Sumner responded to the call and did what he is sworn to do and in conformity with all constitutional and law...
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