My kids will learn something at an early age. Never talk to the police
I shared that video with my kids a few years ago. It is really good. Something that all kids and adults need to view and be aware of.
Your reaction to all this is similar to mine. I was surprised how many people thought the school and police acted properly in this case. I was also suprised to see how many people thought the actions of this tantrum throwing 6 year old were evidence of some deep societal or personal problem. I simply do not believe the average 6 year old has enough strength to do all that much damage, no matter how upset they get. This was an overreaction by the adults, in my humble opinion.
“The problem with society today is that every damn thing is a police matter nowadays.”
I agree that we have criminalized too much “bad behavior” in recent years. But the reason we have done so is that we have taken away from school authorities and parents the ability to deal effectively with such behavior before it escalates to a legitimate crime. There is simply no meaningful deterrence, short of involving the police, to the escalating violence in our schools and neighborhoods. In Georgia, schools can’t even use padded, isolated “time out” or “quiet” rooms any more.