Those of you who are parents of toddlers and have watched in horror as other parents seem to have zero control over their children, would understand why the school reacted this way. Getting the police involved may not necessarily be the "right" thing to do, but there is a LOT of pressure on public schools to be passive or suffer the wrath of child-abuse lawsuits. There are many times when they respond with "we don't do things that way ..." when they should just send the kid home. There is no middle ground where both the school and the parents are happy, unless the parents really care and participate. Getting the police involved was probably just a way for the teachers and/or the administrators to pass the buck to someone else because they feel powerless to deal with the situation. (Isn't this a bit off topic? But for the police part?) Ern -----Original Message----- From: Jim Choate [SMTP:ravage@ssz.com] Sent: Friday, February 20, 1998 7:09 PM To: cypherpunks@ssz.com Subject: Pensacola Police have lost their mind!! (fwd) Forwarded message: > From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@invweb.net> > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 98 20:27:22 -0500 > Subject: Pensacola Police have lost their mind!! > I don't know if this story has reached the AP wire or not but today the > brave defenders of the faith here in Pensacola, FL have done their sworn > duty to protect us all by arresting a 5yr old on assault charges (againts > one of the Adult staff of the school). It made it to CNN. > These are the same brave soles who a few months ago when confronted by a > man sitting in his car with a gun to his head solved this problem by > riddeling his car, surrounding buildings, and a McDonalds playground with > over 100 rounds. > > As soon as I have some more information on this I will post a full report. Their story was that the child had a behavioral problem and the parents refused to get counceling when the school requested. She apparently goes on room smashing temper tantrums on a regular basis. The father of the child said it was the most ludicrous thing he had ever heard of, reportedly. Can't say that changes the situation a heck of a lot though... ____________________________________________________________________ | | | When a man assumes a public trust, he should | | consider himself public property. | | | | Thomas Jefferson | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|