Posted on 02/14/2020 5:04:42 PM PST by Morgana
Police bodycam footage has emerged of the moment a six-year-old girl was escorted from her elementary school in Florida by a group of cops before being committed to a mental health facility without her parents' permission because she had a 'tantrum'.
On February 4, six-year-old Nadia Falk was taken to a mental health facility without her mother's permission after staff at Love Grove Elementary School called social workers claiming the girl, who has ADHD and a personality disorder, was throwing things and harming staff.
Nadia was taken to a mental health facility where she was sedated and held for 48 hours without seeing her mother, Martina.
Now, Martina is speaking out about the horrifying ordeal and questions over why the child was treated so harshly are being asked.
In Florida, children may be removed from school, transported to a psychiatric facility and held for up to 72 hours without parental consent under The Baker Law if there is reason to believe they have a mental illness and they are unable or unwilling to accept voluntary treatment.
The law makes no differentiation between children and adults.
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Soon they’ll be doing this to anyone who shows up to vote republican.
Hmmm, wonder what the other side of the story is.
Seems reasonable, it’s a PUBLIC SCHOOL after all - and they answer to government. If people don’t like it, I guess they can try withholding their taxes and see how far the get with that...
Wow. That is horrible!
“Please don’t feed your children to the public school system.”
So this kid may have had a tantrum or something and instead of calling the parents to come get the kid they just commit them to a facility.
Well, the school got their wish. They got rid of this particular student. This is why some schools will have a small private room where such a child can be taken for a while, until they can quiet themselves down. Meanwhile, classes can continue uninterrupted for the other kids.
Did the mother know about these ‘disruptions’?
Document every thing.
“...staff at Love Grove Elementary School called social workers claiming the girl, who has ADHD and a personality disorder...”
Uhmmmm, all preteen have ADHD and personality disorders...
Another Greta Thunberg?
I would have the teacher and principal’s guts for garters if they did this to my child or grandchild.
And none the predators paid a price?
After retiring from teaching I can guarantee you there is another side and the six year old will come out looking like the devil's spawn.
Held up to 72hrs. , without parents?
There has to be more to this story.
Government school is child abuse.
Yeah there’s more to this
Did this “tantrum” perhaps include assault and destruction of property, and have the parents not taken care of that in the past?
Maybe she was in fact, out of control.
The law can be used against adults.
Homeschoolong doesn’t prevent it being applied.
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