Hell, that might be the only good thing that comes out of this. All too often, kids in elementary school get the impression that adults in authority are unquestionably their intellectual and moral betters, and have their best interests at heart. Then it takes four years of high school to correct that misconception. Some never grow out of it.
True, but this is harsh at 6 and 7 years old......
There were other ways it could be dealt with.
They just showed bullying is ok.
It’s not ok to hit someone, but it’s ok to scare them, out hancuffs on them, take their fingerprints and charge them????
Way too over the top....
How is telling a child that putting their hands on someone is wrong then doing exactly that to them at anytime ok?
Hypocrisy isn’t going to teach them anything other than adults are ignorant hypocrites.
It also shows them they can’t react to their emotions as they will constantly worry about being arrested.
No child (especially a 6 year old) should go through this......
How do they not know this child isn’t autistic and doesn’t know how to react any other way?
How do they know this child isn’t beaten at home?
Why go straight for the jugular with a 6 year old?
These school police assaulted a child, traumatised a child and maybe gave them an phobia of education. Jist what you’d expect of the people supposedly protecting the children.....
The point is, you don’t do this to kids, and this so called policeman needs demoting or to loose his job.
This was too heavy handed.
You wouldn’t allow a real police officer to do this to a child, so why does it make it ok because it’s in school?
The child is 6 years old. Not been in school 2 mins and this happens. (If anything like other children, this one would have still been going through the home to school transition which is a really big deal to children.)
Don’t condemn a 6 year old or have them arrested because they acted out because they got emotional....
Sheesh.
Aren’t we supposed to be teaching them how to control their emotions????
How’s arresting them doing that?