Boys cuffed for refusing nap

NEW YORK: Parents of two four-year-old boys in New York are suing officials after their sons were allegedly handcuffed for refusing to take a nap.

Lawyer Scott Agulnick says a substitute teacher took Jaden Diaz and Christopher Brito to an empty classroom. Then, a school safety officer allegedly entered the room, cuffed the boys’ wrists — and told them they would never see their parents again.

Agulnick said the families were seeking damages, adding: “Failure to comply with nap time is hardly an offence that warrants being handcuffed, or threatened, for that matter.” Christopher, now five, told his mother Vasso Brito, 34: “I wasn’t shot, but my hands were tied,” she told the New York Post.