“Clearly it escalated to the point where handcuffs were necessary.”
Did you miss the part about a Seventh Grade Child? No offense to our heroes in blue, but if they need handcuffs to take care of a child, they need another job.
By definition, escalation is a decision made by the authority in a given situation. I find it quite telling when conservatives side with despotic liberals in such situations.
“..By definition, escalation is a decision made by the authority in a given situation. I find it quite telling when conservatives side with despotic liberals in such situations...”
this 1,000%
Sometimes, troubled kids need the !@#$ scared out of them. Does is work every time? No. But coddling kids doesn't work either and if one kid convinces the others that there is no authority, then anarchy rules.
BTW, back in my day, the parents usually sided with the teachers and staff. Because it was clearly understood that parents can very easily undermine the schools authority and that hurts the child. Ya, know the unified front. BTW, this works with parents too — if the mother and father cannot agree, then the kid wins. Another cliché — divide and conquer... and kids figure this out at an early age.
Thirdly, societies standards have dropped considerably. Back in the day, adult peer pressure and public scorn helped keep people in line. Thus the reason why the case needs to be publicized. Now, it is pretty much anything goes and it is far from conservative... anything goes is usually a Liberal mantra.
Lastly, for a kid to be taken in handcuffs, he must have done something really bad and that usually means a threat of violence or actual physical violence towards a teacher or the office staff.