St. Petersburg 5-year-old cuffed after school outburst

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[Mathews]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls.

[billorites]

Lucky she wasn't Tasered.

[tallhappy]

Wasn't it better in the old days when she just could have been spanked, cried it off and gone back to class having learned a lesson -- don't act like that or you'll get a whuppin.

[Disambiguator]

Well, at least the kid wasn't armed with a gun.

[politicket]

Oh c'mon...she was just expressing her individuality! What's wrong with her destroying everything around her. She was born that way!

I think that it's high time that the schools stopped being bratophobic! The staff needs to undergo IMMEDIATE diversity training!

[twigs]

And libs think they're helping our children! This child certainly needed to be restrained, but cuffed and hauled away?

[Egon]

No doubt.

In today's society, a teacher would be taking his/her life into their hands to even grab this girl by the arm, let alone anything that would adjust her attitude.

[Mathews]

Especially in Florida

[james500]

"THEY SET MY BABY UP"

[norraad]

And oh so much needs adjustment!

[xrp]

Or shot outright.

[Mathews]

I was a product of that school of child raising. Didn't turn out too bad if you ask me. Had some issues later in life, but not from being spanked as a child.

[Mathews]

I remember the "Board of education." I think it was made of maple.

[MEGoody]

Parents don't want their kids spanked when they act like this, they need to shut up when the cops come and haul the kid away.

[politicket]

I remember the "Board of education." I think it was made of maple.

My students live under a benevolent dictatorship (yes, we homeschool) ;-)

[Grut]

It's not so much that the school's administrators are beyond shame as it is that they're beyond embarassment. Ye gods, bring back Old Sparky! There's no point in fooling around once a child starts to act childishly.

[Obadiah]

The kid was probably upset that she didn't get a trophy for showing up in class.

[TommyDale]

Actually, it is the child's parents who should first be punished.

[Old Professer]

Ah, the joys of early intervention.

[Obadiah]

"They set my baby up."

What the ...? Is this mother any relation to Marion Barry?