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I am completely okay with the cop doing this. I'm betting she was disturbing the learning environment of the kids who are actually there to learn, and she is probably a repeat offender/known pain in the ass. We need more of this in classrooms...not less.
Amen. Get the kid out. Don't worry about how that kid is cheating the others in the class.Bet she leaves the classroom when told to do so next time.
Funny how in just a few seconds of video many people know about the situation than those who are there daily. The downside of smart phones.As with most of these "shocking" videos, I'd like to see the three minutes before the camera started rolling. Things like this mean very little without the context.
Why bring in the feds at this point?
I'm not sure what she did prior to the altercation, but I cannot imagine that what the cop resorted to was necessary, regardless. I'm not excusing the student's willful disobedience at all. I just find it hard to believe that it required anywhere near that kind of force to take care of the situation.
Just saw that the FBI and DoJ are coming in to investigate. Is this really necessary at this point? I think all the steps taken in the aftermath so far are 100% appropriate -- school district said it doesn't want that officer on its grounds again until an investigation is complete and the State Troopers office put him immediately on administrative leave pending the investigation. Why bring in the feds at this point?
You know the answer to this already.
Now, the officer's actions are going to lead to his eventual firing. He didn't handle that properly. No need for the Feds though.
I'm not sure what she did prior to the altercation, but I cannot imagine that what the cop resorted to was necessary, regardless. I'm not excusing the student's willful disobedience at all. I just find it hard to believe that it required anywhere near that kind of force to take care of the situation.
Per kids in the class, there was no disruption to the learning environment, and it was an issue over chewing gum.
If you think the police should be involved in any way you have issues.
If you think that type of force was in any way reasonable, you have serious issues.
Per kids in the class, there was no disruption to the learning environment, and it was an issue over chewing gum.
Welcome backPer kids in the class, there was no disruption to the learning environment, and it was an issue over chewing gum.
If you think the police should be involved in any way you have issues.
If you think that type of force was in any way reasonable, you have serious issues.
That's not incompatible with what those kids are saying. She was being told to leave over gum.Well the kids are lying. The video clearly shows the issue was her refusing to leave after being told to do so.
Shoot her with a tranquilizer dart, leave her in the desk while the other kids learn. Give her a wonder woman band aid with some neosporin.What would be the prefered way to deal with this? Would it have been better to tase her? Should they have evacuated everyone else from the classroom and just left here there until a guardian arrived? If a kid is staging a de facto sit in, what are the options?
Define "injured" here. She probably didn't require stitches, but extreme force was used. If she had been "injured" then this will really get amped-up and make the situation, and future situations worse.She wasn't injured. So how can there be excessive force when nobody is injured?
That's not incompatible with what those kids are saying. She was being told to leave over gum.
What would be the prefered way to deal with this? Would it have been better to tase her? Should they have evacuated everyone else from the classroom and just left here there until a guardian arrived? If a kid is staging a de facto sit in, what are the options?
So you think it's reasonable to turn that into a police matter?No school since the beginning of time has tolerated chewing gum. And this is hardly the worst that was ever done to a student for chewing gum.
So you think it's reasonable to turn that into a police matter?
And you also think it's reasonable to grab kids by the hair and yank them around violently when they don't listen, even if they aren't causing any real harm?
You have serious issues.
I have a school aged son, and if he was told to leave the class by a teacher, then by a police officer, and still would not leave on his own, I would be WAY more angry with my son than the police.I am closing in on 20 years in education. Evacuating the whole class is a step we consider. It takes away the audience. Is it ridiculous that the other kids have their learning disrupted? No doubt. It is better than seeing yourself on CNN. Kids are still kids, but parents have changed. I wouldn't want my daughters to be 'roughed' up like that...but I wouldn't have allowed their behaviors to get to the point of defiance.
I am not hating on the cop, but he should have figured another way around the situation.
I have a school aged son, and if he was told to leave the class by a teacher, then by a police officer, and still would not leave on his own, I would be WAY more angry with my son than the police.