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KT2000

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53. the Baker Act

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:01 PM

Jan 2018

seems to require the child be transported to evaluation. A child who has already assaulted the teacher cannot be trusted to sit in the back seat of a car and not throw a tantrum that could result in injury to the child or others in the car.
So the kid is unrestrained, unbuckles his seatbelt, and he does injure himself or the driver or causes a car accident - now what?

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Mother calls arrest of son, 7, in Miami police abuse [View all] mia Jan 2018 OP

There's a wide range of responses between "accepting student violence" and "cuffing a 7-year-old." WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #1

Why? If the teacher had so much as touched that child Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #5

I commend your reading of tea-leaves and entrails... rationalism at its very finest. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #7

Because my parents were teachers and I lived this bullshit Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #13

I was a teacher. I was hit. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #21

He punched her multiple times in the back Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #22

And what did he do previously? Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #29

As noted before Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #32

The schools are obligated to appropriately address it. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #34

They already suspended him. Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #36

Suspension doesn't work on 7 year olds marylandblue Jan 2018 #37

Suspension is punishment, Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #38

I have a good friend who is a grade school teacher. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2018 #40

So police intervention - hauling a child away in handcuffs - is appropriate for a 7-year old child Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #43

Restraint is different from hitting a child marylandblue Jan 2018 #10

Exactly. The school principal may have had to hire another Ilsa Jan 2018 #14

Or the parents refused Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #15

Please document your second assertion. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #25

Some states require it. Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #28

You are the one who asserted it. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #31

There is no state that requires mainstreaming marylandblue Jan 2018 #26

I'm confused by your "why." WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #17

The kid threw multiple punches to her back Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #20

Says the police report, which of course needs to justify the response. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2018 #27

Sure, starting off life with a police rap sheet at age 7 will open all kinds of opportunities procon Jan 2018 #23

Counseling is mostly bullshit Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #30

Courts are not equipped to oversee 7-year olds marylandblue Jan 2018 #33

No, that old way of thinking only perpetuates the problem. procon Jan 2018 #39

That would all be juvenile and sealed treestar Jan 2018 #57

HE IS A CHILD!!!!!! alarimer Jan 2018 #42

And a breakdown of the public education system mcar Jan 2018 #58

and the teacher probably dealth with the child in an authoritarian way womanofthehills Jan 2018 #64

Possibly. alarimer Jan 2018 #65

+1000 janterry Jan 2018 #54

Good effin' grief malaise Jan 2018 #2

"baker acted" apparently means given a psych eval under a law called the "baker act" unblock Jan 2018 #3

Yeah it's a Florida statue, means a 72 hr psych hold in a mental hospital/clinic EX500rider Jan 2018 #9

wow that does seem problematic in the case of a 7-year old. unblock Jan 2018 #12

There are ways to handle this that don't involve police marylandblue Jan 2018 #4

Look up 'Baker acted'. eom GeorgeGist Jan 2018 #6

Donald Trump bragged in his book that he punched a music teacher in the stomach no_hypocrisy Jan 2018 #8

Why am I not surprised this happened in Florida? Initech Jan 2018 #11

So I read the article, upsetting on so many levels... FM123 Jan 2018 #16

Mom is part of the problem there... Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #18

No matter how MUCH a part of the problem here, RandomAccess Jan 2018 #49

And that's an issue with the school system Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #52

As a former public school teacher, in one of the roughest areas in a large metro area Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #19

the cuffs were restraints KT2000 Jan 2018 #44

The same "restraints" they use when protesters are arrested. Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #45

So instead of suing the school marylandblue Jan 2018 #48

Childhood neurological issues KT2000 Jan 2018 #50

The perception that neurological disorders is going is based on autism and ADHD marylandblue Jan 2018 #59

special ed is one KT2000 Jan 2018 #63

Has the child had any behavioural evaluations? EllieBC Jan 2018 #24

A 7 YO child is hauled off in cuffs and Baker Acted mcar Jan 2018 #35

yes KT2000 Jan 2018 #46

He's a 7 YO child mcar Jan 2018 #47

the Baker Act KT2000 Jan 2018 #53

The Baker Act is abused frequently mcar Jan 2018 #55

they did not lock up KT2000 Jan 2018 #56

This was big locally on the morning news. I live about 2hr north of Miami. n/t Akoto Jan 2018 #41

Regular police are ill-equipped to handle this shit. hunter Jan 2018 #51

Texas Supreme Court finds for Dallas Observer in satire case Gothmog Jan 2018 #60

"After the boy calmed down" mcar Jan 2018 #61

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2018 #62