Six year old arrested for tantrum in school


Unbelievable but verified story

Hold on here.

Teachers can't control a six year old so she is arrested? Handcuffed?

I didn't believe this one when I first saw it. So I went digging and found the article above.

It gets worse though. This is the original bit that caught my eye. Emphasis added.

“The student became violent,” said Frank Mercurio, the no-nonsense chief of the Avon Park police. “She was yelling, screaming — just being uncontrollable. Defiant.”

“But she was 6,” I said.

The chief’s reply came faster than a speeding bullet: “Do you think this is the first 6-year-old we’ve arrested?”

What have we come to that we sanction the arrest of six year olds?

Hat tip to Scheier on Security.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - April 19, 2007 at 04:57 AM  Tag


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