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Video Captures Police Handcuffing 5-Year-Old Girl
Associated Press ^ | April 22, 2005 | AP

Posted on 04/22/2005 7:04:58 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT

Video Captures Police Handcuffing 5-Year-Old Girl

April 22, 2005

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- St. Petersburg police officers handcuffed an unruly 5-year-old girl after she acted up in her kindergarten class.

(Excerpt) Read more at local6.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; handcuff; littlegirl; police; rimjbhatesclownposse
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It is a shame to live in Florida as the police have gone out of their minds.
1 posted on 04/22/2005 7:04:59 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT
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yeah but this crap always happens in Florida. WHAT is up with the people of that state? is it the water or is it the water in the ice cubes in the booze?


2 posted on 04/22/2005 7:06:55 PM PDT by Mongeaux
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What in the H*LL is going on in Florida these days?!? Can the natives here at FR give to us some insight?


3 posted on 04/22/2005 7:07:20 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (I am sick of brownshirts in black robes)
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It's Florida - I'm surprised she didn't get Tasered.


4 posted on 04/22/2005 7:08:41 PM PDT by beezdotcom (I'm usually either right or wrong...)
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I guess a timeout was out of the question? :P


5 posted on 04/22/2005 7:09:42 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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Well...it was either hand cuffs or a good spanking...and the person doing the spanking would been given the death sentence.
6 posted on 04/22/2005 7:10:01 PM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Mongeaux
WHAT is up......

We've been wondering the same damn thing...

7 posted on 04/22/2005 7:10:53 PM PDT by ThreePuttinDude (The US needs to pull the feeding tube from the UN)
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To: Mongeaux

Yeah! What up with Florida? Are they going to lobotomize her or something?


8 posted on 04/22/2005 7:11:03 PM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: YOUGOTIT
Link to an earlier thread.
9 posted on 04/22/2005 7:11:28 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan (We childproofed our home, but they are still getting in)
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Sounds like the police in Florida like to scare little kids. i.e. Elian Gonzalez


10 posted on 04/22/2005 7:11:39 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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Whatever the little Hansel has not learned, the big grown-up Hans would not know. [there is a German proverb of this tenor]. This will learn her.


11 posted on 04/22/2005 7:12:13 PM PDT by GSlob
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St. Petersburg police officers handcuffed an unruly 5-year-old girl...

I say no food or water for 13 days, that might straighten her out./s

12 posted on 04/22/2005 7:13:10 PM PDT by bjs1779 ( I have heard her say “mommy” from time to time, & “momma,”& "also said “help me” Cna H. Law '97)
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I'm a 7th generation Floridian and a retired teacher and I don't know what is going on here! I did see the video and thought the teacher and the police handled it as best as they could. What else could they do to prevent her from hurting herself or others?
I saw where the mother has hired a lawyer.........she should be punishing the child for her misbehavior!!


13 posted on 04/22/2005 7:14:17 PM PDT by jch10
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To: YOUGOTIT

Well, that should do plenty for self-improvement.


14 posted on 04/22/2005 7:14:31 PM PDT by jwalburg (If I have not seen as far as others, it is because of the giants standing on my shoulders. -- HA)
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I opt for a good ole fashion wood shed, forget the cuffs, she's a BRAT.


15 posted on 04/22/2005 7:14:53 PM PDT by BriarBey ("He Who Does Not Remember History Is Condemned To Repeat It")
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It is a shame to live in Florida as the police have gone out of their minds.

Yeah...the police need to get get a life. Perhaps they'll get one after an uncuffed out-of-control 5 year old drives a pencil into the eye of an officer. Or a pair of scissors into a thigh.

(Way over the top...OK...I think I've made my point...)

16 posted on 04/22/2005 7:15:11 PM PDT by Drango (tag line under repair)
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Here in Minnesota it's not so much of a problem.

Dad or mommy's boyfriend kills the child before they can even make it to kindergarten.

There's been about four baby murders in the last several weeks.


17 posted on 04/22/2005 7:16:37 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (Proud paid poster since 2003)
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To: YOUGOTIT

I agree!
Why didn't they use tasers??


18 posted on 04/22/2005 7:16:57 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: BriarBey

Yup, and then give it to the parents.


19 posted on 04/22/2005 7:17:23 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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"The image itself will be seared into people's minds when you have three police officers bending a child over a table and forcibly handcuffing her," said Trevena, who represents the girl's mother, Inga Akins. "It's incomprehensible ... There was no need for that."

Maybe not, but perhaps the mother ought to ask herself how she managed to raise such a brat. Taming a child throwing a temper tantrum is like trying to catch a cat. You can't pick a kid up by her scruff, so what are you going to do? Maybe a straight jacket would have been better. Or sneak up behind her, wrap a blanket around her and hold her tight. Handcuffs may have been extreme, but the essential idea was correct.

20 posted on 04/22/2005 7:17:43 PM PDT by giotto
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