"The family of a 6-year-old is demanding change at their local police department in Georgia after their girl was handcuffed after she threw a tantrum.
Salecia Johnson is a kindergartner at Creekside Elementary in Milledgeville, Georgia.
She was apparently tearing items off the walls and throwing furniture during an outburst last Friday.
The school called the police.
When an officer arrived, he said he tried to calm the girl but she wouldn’t settle down.
So, he cuffed her and took her down to the station.
The girl’s aunt, Candace Ruff, was shocked by the little girl’s arrest. “She may have misbehaved, but I don’t think that she actually misbehaved to the point that she should have been handcuffed and taken downtown to the police department,” she said.
Police charged the girl with simple assault.
The chief of police said it’s department policy to transport any suspect to the station in handcuffs regardless of age." Writes powerbuzz.org .
First off this wouldn't have happened if we still had corporal punishment or if the parents had properly disciplined her. when i was that age not a single child in my class thought to behave like this because we were all afraid we would either get paddlings from the principle or that our parents would rip us a new one. the kid threw a major hissy fit and from the sounds of it got violent that being said it can be assumed she was seen as a threat to the other students and since teachers aren't allowed to even look crossways at a kid these days, something had to be done and frankly i think this was one of the better choices. you put a kid in jail itll usually scare them straight real quickly and if it doesnt youll know right off to keep an eye on that one cause theyll most likely be trouble later on.
the thing that really aggravates me is that children get away with so much these days and theres no way a good parent can actually discipline their child without worrying that some overzealous DHS worker with mommy/daddy issues is going to come whisk them off to some far off home. there is a BIG differance between beating a child and disciplining a child. the problem is is that the people who COULDNT get away with stuff as kids are growing up and trying to give 'freedom' to the younger generation. we may be the land of the free but frankly im tired of seeing things like 10 and 15 year old boys/girls talking about how they are in love with so and so, that theyve had sex or done drugs. Im tired of walking down the street and seeing half naked chicks thatre on the verge of skin cancer. im tired of trying to play a game where its rated m and there are 6 year olds playing it killing and stuff... its ridiculous, what happened to making them work? teaching them proper manners or morals? or did we throw that stuff away after WWII?
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