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'Am I going to jail?' Shocking moment a SIX-YEAR-OLD girl is committed to a mental health facility without her parents' permission where she was sedated and kept from her mom for TWO DAYS because her school said she was 'out of control'
Daily Mail UK ^ | Feb. 14, 2020 | Hannah Skellern For Dailymail.com

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: 5150; arth; florida; floridawoman; nervoushospital; sixyearold
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Home school your chidlren!!
1 posted on 02/14/2020 5:04:42 PM PST by Morgana
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To: metmom

arth ping


2 posted on 02/14/2020 5:04:59 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Soon they’ll be doing this to anyone who shows up to vote republican.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 5:06:59 PM PST by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: Morgana

Hmmm, wonder what the other side of the story is.


4 posted on 02/14/2020 5:09:17 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: Morgana

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...


5 posted on 02/14/2020 5:11:19 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Morgana

Wow. That is horrible!

“Please don’t feed your children to the public school system.”


6 posted on 02/14/2020 5:11:24 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (MAGA KAG)
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To: Morgana

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.


7 posted on 02/14/2020 5:11:44 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: Morgana

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.


8 posted on 02/14/2020 5:11:45 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Morgana

“...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...


9 posted on 02/14/2020 5:11:53 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB0ndRzaz2o)
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To: Morgana

Another Greta Thunberg?


10 posted on 02/14/2020 5:12:35 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo2)
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To: Morgana

I would have the teacher and principal’s guts for garters if they did this to my child or grandchild.


11 posted on 02/14/2020 5:13:31 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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And none the predators paid a price?


12 posted on 02/14/2020 5:14:30 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Yogafist
Hmmm, wonder what the other side of the story is.

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.

13 posted on 02/14/2020 5:14:34 PM PST by pfflier
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To: Morgana

Held up to 72hrs. , without parents?

There has to be more to this story.


14 posted on 02/14/2020 5:16:07 PM PST by EnglishOnly (eWFight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: Morgana

Government school is child abuse.


15 posted on 02/14/2020 5:16:14 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: EnglishOnly

Yeah there’s more to this


16 posted on 02/14/2020 5:17:01 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Morgana

Did this “tantrum” perhaps include assault and destruction of property, and have the parents not taken care of that in the past?


17 posted on 02/14/2020 5:22:01 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: Morgana

Maybe she was in fact, out of control.


18 posted on 02/14/2020 5:24:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Morgana

The law can be used against adults.

Homeschoolong doesn’t prevent it being applied.


19 posted on 02/14/2020 5:24:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Yogafist
Hmmm, wonder what the other side of the story is.

The other side of a six year old being hauled away to a psych ward and held for 48 hours for being unruly in class? The law that made this possible needs to be re-written and the teacher who made it happen needs to be fired.
20 posted on 02/14/2020 5:24:22 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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