RE: Kid arrested for not standing for pledge...
February 19, 2019 at 5:32 am
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2019 at 5:34 am by EgoDeath.)
(February 19, 2019 at 5:25 am)Grandizer Wrote:Bolded by me. So you're applying your own projection to the situation and then judging it based on that. Nonsense. I'm not even going to explain why that's completely wrong, even if the teacher did provoke it. Stop with the race-bating bullshit.(February 19, 2019 at 5:18 am)PRJA93 Wrote: Thread should be titled, "Kid arrested for unruly behavior following a refusal to stand for the pledge"
This type of dishonest reporting is just wrong. That being said, I feel that, on multiple levels, the school completely mishandled the situation.
If the unruly behavior was provoked by the teacher, which I suspect is what happened, then they might as well say the kid was arrested for not standing for the pledge and for being black.
This kid clearly has some behavioral issues; he threatened to beat the teacher and have her fired. That's a little nutty for a kid to say, especially at what, 11 years old? That being said, a teacher can arbitrarily suspend you or give you detention for "insubordination," so this isn't anything new. I can't tell you how many times I was in trouble for "insubordination." I guess I should've called the ACLU. It's funny because I would just make the teacher look dumb in front of everyone (or at least was usually able to) and never in my life threatened to beat a teacher up or have someone fired.
The kid obviously didn't have the best reaction. And maybe someone in the school should still be reprimanded, but let's be clear, he was NOT arrested for refusing to stand for the pledge. Period.
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