13-year-old girl wrongly arrested, detained over school threat

Nia Whims, 13, was wrongfully handcuffed and detained for 14 days before police found she’d apparently been framed for making a bomb threat over Instagram.

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[BigQ]

Imagine if her mother didn’t have the money to hire an attorney to fight the charges. This child could have been convicted and sentenced to a very long time in jail.

[Zamiiz]

Those police, and the kid who framed her, needs to be held accountable. This kind of stuff can have a major impact on a childs mental health

[nathanielanderson]

This is outrageous. This poor little girl.

[dlo]

This is so scary that someone can literally frame you with the internet and no one even caught it before this poor girl was put in jail. Shitty police work I would say.

[ddoubleu]

Nia, honey, you’re about to be rich.

[nathanielanderson]

I can't imagine this happening to my child. The police need to follow the law and do their job. This is just wrong.

[swgame]

Never see wht kids treated like this by the system and what about concealing a minors identity??? They had the camera all up in her face. Now PAY for all of her college expenses and more!!!

[gmamose]

I am so sorry this happened to this sweet girl. She did not deserve that, and yes, somebody needs to take care of this family. This little one has a great mom.

[dianadowie]

I am glad that her parents are suing the school officials, Instagram and the police department. I am happy that her mother believed her. The police department didn't do its job by investigating the situation.

[thetruejuanalto]

meanwhile the exposure to the juvi system will mess her up for something not her fault.
what about the other student? any consequences??

[SynIMPFML]

Anyone notice how quick authorities are to act if the suspected perpetrator is of color, even if they aren't guilty

[brenellhornsby]

A lawsuit is too good for them but put the screws to them until they pay til it hurts! What kind of creatures do this to a child?

[moebetta]

Nia is going to need couseling. Make sure they pay for that separately. I'm so sorry this happened to u young QUEEN. I'm praying for u and ur family.

[john]

Always get a lawyer before talking to the police. Once the police suspect you for a crime, they begin to have tunnel vision.

[mariabetancourt]

Did they arrest the person that actually faked her account

[Abbay_special_recipe]

Why handcuffing her She was not fighting ???? Poor girl 👧

[c.jonesey]

The confused look on her face in the video like what is going on right now is mind blowing imagine someone stealing your email address creating fake accounts with it and then using it to do horrible things and the police come after you kind of makes you wanna think how hard they do their police work when they found out they got the wrong person

[pennytilghman]

Have the authorities arrested the teens who allegedly called HBCUs and issued bomb threats? This is an unfortunate situation. Every success to this young lady and her mum.

[madgemackles]

Her mother is Jamaican. We are right here with you and your child.

[Kirak]

law enforcement took her from her home and placed her into detention, Before thoroughly investigating.. Shameful