[justlurking]

If the guy even scratched the child while trying to protect himself, he would have been at risk of losing his job.

Any kid that does something like this should be taken out of regular classes and put in an alternative school with the rest of the delinquents, before he hurts someone else.

[driftdiver]

no disagreement here, just saying a fall would save the ego

[SCalGal]

Any kid that does something like this should be taken out of regular classes and put in an alternative school with the rest of the delinquents, before he hurts someone else.

Because in the alternative schools, we can lay hands on them, and restrain them so that no one (hopefully including us) gets hurt. They know that no one in public school can touch them and will laugh in your face as they kick and punch you. Non-public alternative schools are an entirely different story.