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Video: Police Handcuffed 5-Year-Old Girl
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Video: Police Handcuffed 5-Year-Old Girl
Good. Maybe they should arrest the parents too; that is if they can find both of them. We didn't have problems like this even 20 years ago let alone 40 and 50 years ago when parents raised their children properly. I went to public schools and never heard of a student punching a teacher or school official. If a gunmaker can be held liable if a person steals a gun and shoots someone with it or a tobacco company can be liable if a person voluntarily puts smoke into his or her lungs, parents (again, if they can find both of them) should be held liable when a child acts in such a manner. Too much TV, too many "it ain't my fault" attitudes, too many "you're a victim" speeches, and dumbing down the schools have all contributed to this problem of recalcitrant kids in the schools. We didn't have these problems when there were more families, less out-of-wedlock births, less TV, less entitlements, and those who just could not or would not learn (and behave) were weeded out of the system. Instead of "No Child Left Behind" we should have "One Strike and You're Out" for those who cause these kinds of problems at schools. Those who don't want to learn should be expelled.
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I saw the video clip of this child acting up before and while she was being handcuffed. She reminded me of a feral cat caught in a closed room as a humane officer was trying to catch it. The child was literally bouncing off of every surface trying to get away from a school official and jumping and stomping on tables. I've seen officers have an easier time on "Cops" with adult perps. If that was my child (and I do have children), I'd use leg shackles, too. The gist of the story, the family wants to bring charges against the school and the police for the handcuffing! Please, just give me a senseless, irresponsible face to slap.
40 or 50 years ago, parents weren't being thrown in jail for spanking their kids at home, so they didn't have to leave the responsibility of providing discipline to the school, society, police, govenment, etc. Imagine the outcry if a mother had tied her own child's hands behind her back, or used some other similar physical restraint to "calm" her. She'd be the most hated woman in America, and predictably there'd be a big push to pass new laws to "protect" America's children by taking even more responsibility out of the parent's hands and into everyone else's. We could even name the law after the child!
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