Tough part of town ........
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buckle97
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<font color="blue"> and all the cops can do is ticket some hoodlum on a motorcycle...... </font>
It's obvious to me that the little punk wasn't wearing a helmet at the time he was pulled over! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Lawrence
It's obvious to me that the little punk wasn't wearing a helmet at the time he was pulled over! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Lawrence
ByronBob
Veteran Member
You see the video of them handcuffing a 5yr old in school in Fla yesterday. Unreal, what is a little kid 5 going to do to 3 grown officers.
Granted the kid needed to be bent over someones knee but handcuffs?
Granted the kid needed to be bent over someones knee but handcuffs?
Wood_Butcher_Dav
Gold Member
I have seen part of that clip and agree a little paddle can go a long way she was a brat! I'm sure whatever way the school handled it the parents will be backing their child and seeking damages. Glad I'm not in that situation.
Dave
Dave
I found the news article.......... Good thing it was the police that handcuffed her, because if a parent did that to restrain a unruly child, they would be handcuffed and charged with child abuse. Double standard?????? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Watch the video here....
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls.
The students were counting jelly beans as part of a math exercise at Fairmount Park Elementary School when the little girl began acting silly. That's when her teacher took away her jelly beans, outraging the child.
Minutes later, the 40-pound girl was in the back of a police cruiser, under arrest for battery. Her hands were bound with plastic ties, her ankles in handcuffs.
While police say their actions were proper, school officials were not pleased with the outcome.
"We never want to have 5-year-old children arrested," said Michael Bessette, the district's Area III superintendent.
The district's campus police should have been called to help and not local police, he said.
The girl's mother, Inda Akins, said she is consulting an attorney.
"She's never going back to that school," Akins said. "They set my baby up."
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A 5-year-old girl was handcuffed by police after she tore papers off a bulletin board and punched an assistant principal in kindergarten class, according to a video released by a lawyer for the child's mother. The 30-minute tape shows the child appearing to calm down before three officers pinned her arms behind her back and put on handcuffs as she screamed, "No!"
The camera was rolling March 14 as part of a classroom self-improvement exercise at Fairmount Park Elementary, attorney John Trevena said.
Trevena, who provided the tape to the media this week, said he got it from police.
"The image itself will be seared into people's minds when you have three police officers bending a child over a table and forcibly handcuffing her," said Trevena, who represents the girl's mother, Inga Akins.
Police spokesman Bill Proffitt said an investigation into the matter would be complete in about two weeks and the findings would be made public.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls.
The students were counting jelly beans as part of a math exercise at Fairmount Park Elementary School when the little girl began acting silly. That's when her teacher took away her jelly beans, outraging the child.
Minutes later, the 40-pound girl was in the back of a police cruiser, under arrest for battery. Her hands were bound with plastic ties, her ankles in handcuffs.
While police say their actions were proper, school officials were not pleased with the outcome.
"We never want to have 5-year-old children arrested," said Michael Bessette, the district's Area III superintendent.
The district's campus police should have been called to help and not local police, he said.
The girl's mother, Inda Akins, said she is consulting an attorney.
"She's never going back to that school," Akins said. "They set my baby up."
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A 5-year-old girl was handcuffed by police after she tore papers off a bulletin board and punched an assistant principal in kindergarten class, according to a video released by a lawyer for the child's mother. The 30-minute tape shows the child appearing to calm down before three officers pinned her arms behind her back and put on handcuffs as she screamed, "No!"
The camera was rolling March 14 as part of a classroom self-improvement exercise at Fairmount Park Elementary, attorney John Trevena said.
Trevena, who provided the tape to the media this week, said he got it from police.
"The image itself will be seared into people's minds when you have three police officers bending a child over a table and forcibly handcuffing her," said Trevena, who represents the girl's mother, Inga Akins.
Police spokesman Bill Proffitt said an investigation into the matter would be complete in about two weeks and the findings would be made public.
Jeff396
Veteran Member
The report I saw said that the mother had told the school that her child was not to be touched. It also said that the mother was unable or unwilling to come to the school to take care of the problem. I sure wouldn't want to be a teacher these days.
I have always told my kids if they can't control themselves in school they will find a new student sitting behind them in class.........me! Seems to have scared them enough to have kept them on the straight and narrow. Then again, we're only through fourth and first grade.
Jeff
I have always told my kids if they can't control themselves in school they will find a new student sitting behind them in class.........me! Seems to have scared them enough to have kept them on the straight and narrow. Then again, we're only through fourth and first grade.
Jeff
ByronBob
Veteran Member
There's more to this than we know. A mother who refuses to come to school to get her out of control child has a chip on her shoulder.
My 5 yr old was having a bad day when they called me. When he got home HE started having a bad day. No problems sense.
Fighting the school district is a bad idea. You need to work with these people or they won't work with you either. Kinda sad for the child because something more needs to be done for her before it's too late
My 5 yr old was having a bad day when they called me. When he got home HE started having a bad day. No problems sense.
Fighting the school district is a bad idea. You need to work with these people or they won't work with you either. Kinda sad for the child because something more needs to be done for her before it's too late
