Carted off in handcuffs

[PrincessFiona]

Watch the video of a 5 year old being handcuffed in St. Petersburg Florida after having a temper tantrum. I personally hope the mom sues the bejeezus out of the school.

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4409467/detai ... i&psp=news

[Rapunzel]

Well, for the opposite end of the spectrum, read this :

Girl said she was attacked -- school told dad not to call 911

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst ... ult17.html


April 17, 2005

BY NICK JULIANO Advertisement

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The girl was led by the arm behind a stage curtain in the auditorium. There, witnesses said, her lip was bloodied and she was sexually assaulted by a group of boys, an attack videotaped by one student and watched by more than a dozen others who came running as word spread.

Within minutes, the developmentally disabled girl reported the alleged assault to a special education teacher, who said the girl ''looked dazed and confused and was crying.''

Administrators could be charged

But -- in violation of state law -- principals didn't immediately notify police for fear of media attention. When the girl's father arrived, he was asked not to call 911. He ignored the request and called police.

Now administrators at Mifflin High School face the possibility of being charged along with students in the alleged March 9 assault at the school, which has a history of violence.

''Even if you are following the common-sense measure, absolutely, none of this should have happened,'' district Supt. Gene Harris said Friday.

The district said it will fire Principal Regina Crenshaw and has suspended three assistant principals. Police have not said who will face charges, but a city attorney said school officials could be prosecuted along with the alleged assailants.

Witness statements to school investigators paint a picture of a slipshod response to the alleged assault, which came on the heels of other problems. Earlier in the day, administrators had to deal with an assault on a Somali student and a report that a student had a concealed weapon.

In the alleged assault, police have not said how many boys may be charged but plan to give evidence to prosecutors this week. Charges could include delinquency counts of rape and pandering obscenity, spokeswoman Sherry Mercurio said.

AP

[SueC]

Both of those are pretty crazy stories! I watched some footage of the little girl in handcuffs and it did seem that the teacher made many attempts to re-direct. I don't think dragging her off in handcuffs is the answer but she did need to be removed from the classroom. And I can add that my daugher (when she was 4 and weighed less than 30 lbs.) did require 3 adults (one of them was a man) to hold her down to administer a flu shot. So I can kind of see why it might have taken so many adults to subdue her. I'd be interested to hear from some of the teachers how that could have been handled differently. Maybe she should have been removed before the situation escalated to that point.
As far as the situation Rapunzel added, that is just terrible! I'm glad the dad called 911.