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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't know how the chid walked out of school but this child did.  From the limited comments in the artifice, [b]we can deduct that that there were academic and behavioral issues with this child[/b].  We know the child eloped from school and since school personal cannot leave the school, police looked and found the child.  We know it took 50 minutes for the parent to get to school and [b]during that time there were some more behavioral issues with the child[/b] who was upset.  We know from the article that the police asked the child how they were disciplined and [b]child said that physical discipline was used[/b].  The police were wrong to threaten the child but [b]clearly that is the method of discipline at home[/b].  [/quote]

We don't KNOW or can necessarily even deduce most of the things you are asserting. The bolded are significant leaps from the article or outright do not appear in it.

-The police obtaining his records suggests to me that they requested them. They were clearly-- assuming the quotes are accurate-- trying to demonize, threaten and "scare him straight." It's entirely possible he has discipline issues. It's also entirely possible he does not. The police sound very likely to have asked preemptively.

-"“Does your Mama spank you? … She’s going to spank you today,” according to court records." There's no indication that he agreed he was spanked. Is he? Probably? Maybe? Does that mean they should have said what I just quoted? Obviously not. But does that have anything to do with repeated threats of being beaten BY THEM? 20 threats? Ridiculous.

-You said "there were some more behavioral issues with the child." Do you mean where he hesitated to get in the car of people screaming at him? Or do you mean this-- "Officers grabbed the boy and forced him into the chair several times"-- you mean he got out of his chair? What rational mental state would you say you'd be in as a 5-year-old child under the circumstances? Not everyone responds to abuse by cowering in a corner. That doesn't make every reaction to abuse (such as trying to get away) "a behavioral issue."

Maybe the kid has "behavioral issues." If so, the conduct was at least as bad as if he didn't. But we don't really know that from this account-- the only account you have read.[/quote]

You think a kid without behavioral issues elopes from a school?  The article is very one sided and doesn't give all the facts so if you want to assume things, you can assume this kid  and family has some issues.  [/quote]

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