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Remember the 6 year old that was arrested for her "tantrum"?
My ILs live in Milledgeville, and saw on the news where the little girl pushed 2 students, was biting the teachers (and principal). It took 2 teachers to get her to the principal's office. The girl had been throwing things in the classroom, and was throwing/breaking things in the principal's office. The family has contacted Al Sharpton to help them get "justice."
My personal favorite is where the family was upset that they weren't contacted, yet the mother admitted she had received calls, but had run out of minutes.
http://milledgeville.13wmaz.com/news/news/69134-milledgeville-chief-defends-handcuffing
Milledgeville Chief Defends Handcuffing
Milledgeville's police chief today read a statement explaining why an officer handcuffed an unruly 6-year-old at school.
Acting Chief Dray Swicord said Salecia Johnson was handcuffed and taken from Creekside Elementary last Friday after she caused damage and injured the principal.
He said an officer was called to the school "to assist with an unruly juvenile who had damaged other students' property, school property, and had injured the principal."
According to the chief, the principal told the officer that Salecia had also run away from school several times.
He said police were called after school officials couldn't reach the girl's parents.
Swicord said the girl was taken in handcuffs to the police station. There, the cuffs were removed and the girl was taken to a meeting room and given something to drink while officers continued trying to reach family.
Swicord said they eventually reached an aunt. The girl was released to the aunt's custody and was not charged because of her age.
The chief said Salecia "was never placed in a holding cell or jail cell and the student's safety was of the utmost importance."
He left without answering questions.
Earlier today, Swicord said he stood by his officer's actions and he doesn't plan any further investigation of the matter.
After Swicord's news conference, Oscar Davis Jr., who described himself as a community activist, made a statement of his own.
He criticized how police and school officials handled the case.
He said, "The school never called the parents" -- even though Johnson's mother told 13WMAZ that she received calls on her cell phone but couldn't answer because it was out of minutes.
Davis also denied that the 6-year-old had run away from school.
He said the child had misbehaved before in school, but said that was just normal problems for a child of that age.
He also questioned school officials' claims that Johnson injured the principal. He challenged them to release hospital records.
According to the police report, Salecia Johnson is accused of tearing items off the walls and throwing furniture.
She was crying in the principal's office at Creekside Elementary before police arrived Friday. The report says the girl knocked over a shelf that injured the principal. It also says she was seen biting the door knob of the office and jumping on the paper shredder. And, it says, she attempted to break a glass frame above the shredder.
The report says when the officer tried to calm the child, she resisted and was cuffed.
The parents said they're meeting today with local activists and ministers. Davis said they plan to get attorneys involved and they plan to contact activist Al Sharpton.
Johnson's parents told 13WMAZ's Judy Le Tuesday morning they would have no further comment today. They did say that their daughter has been having nightmares since being taken from school last Friday and they plan to talk to a doctor about that.
Re: Remember the 6 year old that was arrested for her "tantrum"?
So Eloise, you know what a special place Milledgeville is! I used to live there. It's perfectly awful. DH worked in the public school system there, and it's the worst system we've encountered yet.
FWIW, I totally support the police's actions here. She was a danger to herself and others, and I can't fathom the chaos that would ensue if she were manually restrained.
My worst fear is that my neices would call from school and not be able to reach me. I have a cellphone on me at all times in case they need me. It must suck to see the a call from your loved one and not be able to answer it.
I have dropped everything before to run to school when my neices are sick. It's usually a race between who gets there first...my mom, my brother or his partner, and me..
I don't think the police were wrong, though. Children can hurt themselves on anything.
Chilly- I do! My FIL has a very hard time understanding why we don't want to live there. My MIL worked for the state/foster program, so she fully understands (thankfully). We love seeing the ILs, but hate going there. . . and we feel obligated to travel there in the next couple months.
I actually am sad for the school system, and hope they don't suffer any more because of this. Losing $ is the last thing they need.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean here, but there are ways to restrain even kids, using minimum restraint techniques. I used to work at a residential care facility for kids that had to have been just as bad or worse than this girl, and if you know what you are doing, there shouldn't be an issue or any chaos involved. With that said, I don't know if the police are taught these restraint techniques or not, at least maybe not for kids. Handcuffing a kid definitely makes me uneasy, but in this situation, i think it's understandable. Also, I think it's telling about the parents that they would go to Al Sharpton and make this a bigger issue than just taking responsibility for their kid.
Ok, now I am ready.......this x 2.
yeah- this is true in many schools ---- and even if it's not the situation - who is going to volunteer to be the one to restrain the kid - and then be sued or worse, for injuring the child? Not me!
I can almost guarantee that no one at the school was properly trained to restrain her. Even if there was a special ed. teacher, I think that's way beyond the requirements they seek and talent they can actually get in Baldwin Co. And Joenali is probably right about having to have an IEP to use those methods.
Eloise, if you do have to go, at least eat at The Brick. It's the city's one redeeming factor!
fought this fight too hard the first time we discussed it. you may look there for my take on restraint in schools.
nothing left to contribute here other than
at the parents planning to file suit, getting a lawyer, and thinking a celebrity can help them. They don't need money for damages or emotional distress from the school or city.
They need to get that girl evaluated and placed in the least restrictive environment that meets her needs - which I am thinking is not the public school at this time.
I'd have CPS investigating the parents since their reaction shows they aren't fit to raise children.
OMG that is terrifying!
Some days I miss teaching. Then I read sh!t like this, and I remember how bass-ackwards crazy it was sometimes.