If you truly believe that you have not ever encountered a person in authority who abuses his discretion just because he knows it usually will not be challenged.
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This isn’t some sexual harassment case that took place in a broom closet. There is no way to conceal this from public knowledge. The odds of going to handcuffing from merely burping is so remote as to warrant extreme skepticism. What are we not being told about the child’s behavior? I teach at an alternative school, so I know that -with virtually no exceptions - the school system bends over backwards to coddle the most outrageous behaviors.
I disagree. I am certain the court papers lay out exactly what happened. Neither Gorusch or the other judges disputed the facts of the case (which is not their place) but dealt with the law cited to justify the arrest which was based on the child causing a disruption by burping in the class. AFAIK no other behavioral issues were mentioned.