The police officer who arrested the boy has been fired.

The mother of a 10-year-old boy who was arrested for urinating in public has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Senatobia, Mississippi, seeking $2 million in damages. new york post. Quantavious Eason was detained after police caught him urinating behind his mother’s car door in a parking lot last August.The third-grader was not handcuffed but was held in a cell for “45 minutes to an hour,” according to this postal Report.

The boy’s mother is asking the city, Police Chief Richard Chandler, former officer Zachary Jenkins and four unnamed police officers to pay $2 million in compensation for the “physical and emotional harm” she and her son suffered in the incident. .

Latonya Eason said in the lawsuit that her son still suffers “embarrassment, harassment, PTSD, shock and other physical, emotional and traumatic injuries” from the incident.

Ms Eason told local news channel Action News 5: “When he saw the police he started shaking. He was scared.”

The police chief told the TV channel that arresting the boy was an “error of judgement” and a “violation” of their policy.

CNN After his arrest, the 10-year-old was sentenced to three months probation and assigned a two-page book report on late NBA player Kobe Bryant.

But his lawyers filed suit in court, saying the case should be dismissed “because the officer who arrested the minor was fired for improperly arresting a minor.”

They also argued in court that Ethan, who was 10 at the time, had no criminal record and had the “mental culpability” of a child his age.

The judge accepted this argument and dismissed the case.

The police officer who arrested the boy was fired about ten days later.