A 9-year-old was pepper-sprayed instead of receiving help. It's part of the 'dehumanization of Black girls,' experts say.
Psychology Professor Carolyn West is quoted on the "multiple levels of trauma" experienced by a nine-year-old girl in Rochester, N.Y., when police pepper-sprayed her in response to her sobbing.
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