"Now police are getting involved and say the youngster could face felony assault charges. "
This is a loose application of the law of unintended consequences. The libs want to sit Johnny down, talk to him, reason with him, but respect his self esteem. *barf*
In my day, (good gosh am I really that old?), this kid would have been expelled. But it would probably have never gotten to this point. When he first mouthed off, (back in the day), he would have been hauled to the principal's office for a paddling. That would have straightened him out, and everyone could go on with their day.
Now little Johnny is going to go to court and it will be a big problem for all associated with this.
Collectively, we have lost our minds.
Except for the lawyers, who'll be getting tons of billable hours.
This is one of the really bad unintended consequence of the libs' destroying schools' ability to discipline their pupils. A disruptive boy who, in the old days, would have had a quick trip to the principal's office for a paddling long before he worked up the courage to assault his teacher now gets coddled during all of his earlier, correctable disruptive conduct. Then, feeling emboldened, he assaults his teacher and the whole power of the criminal justice system lands on him, as it has to, there being no other practical alternative. If the school had been able effectively to discipline him early on all of this might have been avoided and he might be a productive student. The people who are most seriously injured by such coddling are the very kids being coddled.