Young Boy Makes Vulgar Gesture Toward Springfield Police Cruiser

SPRINGFIELD (CBS) – A young boy was caught on camera making an obscene gesture toward a police cruiser in Springfield.

The picture was posted to Facebook. According to the Western Mass News, the boy's father taught him to show his middle finger to police officers.

The picture was taken during a peaceful march to the federal courthouse in Springfield with demonstrators wanting to find solutions to police brutality.

Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney told Western Mass News, "I would go and rescue that little boy if he was drowning...if he was in a car accident...if he was choking on something...and I would do that and not ask for thanks. And there are 400 other police officers in the city of Springfield that would do the same."