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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only kicked someone. Gosh... that’s good to hear?

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Seriously, WTF?  We now expect our teachers to put up with physical abuse from their students?  Come on.  Let the teachers teach.  This kid needs some sort of serious intervention and if her parent/guardian isn't providing it then maybe it needs to be court ordered.[/quote]

So you think a kindergartner or first grader kicking someone means they should be arrested. I find that appalling.

Once a child was bothering my DD in first grade so she bit her. I guess we should have brought back the electric chair. [/quote]

I trust that the teacher and the rest of the school staff attempted to bring the girl under control before they brought the officer in to handle the situation.

This is one of those you had to see it to believe it I'm sure.  There is probably some sort of security footage showing what the school/the officer were dealing with.

If Dulce *just* kicked a teacher, had settled down and the officer was just trying to put the fear of God into her by arresting her - that is another story entirely.[/quote]

Even if she weren’t behaving and didn’t settle down, how is arresting her the right answer? Officers are supposed to de escalate situations. How is this child helped by being sent to a juvenile detention center for having a tantrum at school? And the officer has done it twice in a week, plus he has a history of excessive force. This isn’t how we’re supposed to treat our kids. [/quote]

I don't know.  Apparently the school felt it was necessary to bring the resource officer into the situation?  I'm sure that there is more to this story. It would be great to get the big picture as to why this happened.

Was this a first time or one of many?  Did the girl calm down or was she actively defying the adults trying to settle her down?  Whatever the situation was, I hope her parent/guardian takes this very seriously and gets this little girl the help that she so desperately needs.[/quote]

Schools have disciplinary procedures in place, which include suspension or expulsion for extreme cases. Does your elementary school student handbook include cuffing and arresting children who don’t behave? My kids’ schools never listed that as an option. Even if she were behaving very poorly, adults breaking rules about discipline haven’t resulted in any of them getting arrested. The officer is suspended I believe, which seems entirely appropriate while the incident is investigated. It’s more courtesy than he gave the children.

I know I shouldn’t be so bothered by someone on the internet disagreeing with me, but the fact that some people think this is okay is troubling to me. You could be teachers or officers dealing with my kids or their friends, shaping their lives. I know everyone can’t be on the same page always, but arresting kindergarteners and first graders really shouldn’t be an option.

I agree with you that I hope she gets help for whatever issues she had or may arise from this. [/quote]

[b]What makes you think that the school didn't follow the procedures available to them?[/b]  If they suspended the kid and the parent/guardian refused to pick her up what then?

I honestly don't know what the school would do in that situation.  Call child protective services and allow the social work to get kicked by the kid?  What do you do?[/quote]

NP but it's in every single story I've read covering this that he violated procedure by cuffing someone under 12 without approval from his supervisor.  It's bizarre how hard you're caping for this nutjob.  If you have to go 8 levels into hypotheticals that didn't happen to justify what happened, maybe consider ... it wasn't justified. [/quote]

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