Pensacola Police have lost their mind!! (fwd)

[Ernest Hua]

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 at ssz.com]
	Sent:	Friday, February 20, 1998 7:09 PM
	To:	cypherpunks at ssz.com
	Subject:	Pensacola Police have lost their mind!! (fwd)


	Forwarded message:

	> From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii at 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...



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