'Simply horrible': Rochester mayor laments police pepper-spraying girl

Two officers have been placed on administrative leave and another suspended after video footage emerged

The mother of a nine-year-old girl has accused police of excessive use of force" after her daughter was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed in Rochester, New York.

Two were placed on administrative leave and another suspended on Tuesday, after police released video footage of the incident, which showed the nine-year-old being pepper-sprayed as she sat in the back of a squad car.