It also makes me wonder how much subtle racism was involved, because I'm sorry, but I cannot see any of my children or their schoolmates being treated like that, and I've seen kids who have held onto the railing and refused to enter the school. I've seen kids cry and act up (and heard more stories of same), but in every case, the school managed to calm the child down enough. I don't even think it would cross their minds to call a cop about a child that age, unless the child was pointing a gun at them.

It's ridiculous.

So this morning, my commute took forever because of several traffic lights which apparently don't like getting wet, and this fire [link]

I pass these rowhouses every day, and this is one of the maybe 4 that is nicely kept up on the block (most are boarded up, even as a community center is being build 4 units down.) It's sad.

Maybe she's a Go'a'o'o'u'l'd - they can be kind of unpredictable. Especially when you make fun of their names.

Yeah. I don't exactly like children and all my maternal instinct gathered together is probably smaller than the fingernail on my pinkie, but I would never call the cops on a six-year-old having a tantrum, and I really don't want anyone who would near any other impressionable children.

I can only hope it's a case where she's pitched plenty of fits before, appropriate help has been attempted, and the parents have been unconcerned and/or refused to get help for her or cooperate in any way. But in this day and age I can fully believe that would be some "edumacators" solution to a problem.

sarameg! we were just looking for Baltimore buffistas in Bitches because my cousin, Sox, has joined in over there and she's in Fell's Point.

I can only hope it's a case where she's pitched plenty of fits before, appropriate help has been attempted, and the parents have been unconcerned and/or refused to get help for her or cooperate in any way.

Yeah, I really want to know what the backstory is on this....

How checkered can your past be, when you're not going to be seven for another two and a half months?

I'm sorry. If she's developmentally disabled in some way and unable to behave in school because of a lack of emotional control, she should be in an alternative education program, not the local lock-up.

Ooh - Google can help:

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....However, the girl's mother doesn't believe the story.

"She never fell out. She is very respectful. If I tell her to do anything, she will do it," Lateshia Wilson said.

School officials said they were forced to call the local police department, who cuffed the child and put her in a police cruiser. The little girl's mother is angry and said her daughter is usually very respectful.

"I was very upset about that and I feel like they violated my baby's rights," Wilson said.

The chief of police said his officers did the right thing.

"When there is an outburst of violence, we have a duty to protect and make that school a safe environment for the students, staff and faculty. That's why, at this point, the person was arrested regardless what the age," said Chief Frank Mercurio, Avon Park Police Department.

The longer I think about this, the angrier I get. It's like the kid in New York who hugged his teacher and said he loved her, and was brought up on sexual assault charges or some such. He was, like, six.

Kids growing up in an atmosphere where half the normal things kids do (as they're growing up and LEARNING how to behave) are now considered actionable is just terrifying.