'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

[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.

[metmom]

This 6yo girl was in a special needs class. Yes, the child should’ve been removed from class, if she was throwing a tantrum. But, sedating her and holding her for 2 days at a mental health facility was an over-the-top reaction.

Agreed.

[bboop]

Yogafist - I’d like to know, too. 6 is young, but I taught (briefly but way too long) in the public schools here in Los Angeles, and figured it would be more lucrative and way less stressful to walk the streets. There may be some interesting variables here.