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36. Florida Police Tasered a 5 year old Kinder girl

Reply to loyalsister (Original post)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 05:09 PM

Sep 2014

a few years ago. It does not surprise me that this happened to a 10 year old boy. I worked in Special Ed in Florida.

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Cruel and unusual!! School Refuses To Let Father Take His 10-Year-Old Autistic Son Home... [View all] loyalsister Sep 2014 OP

Never have liked involuntary commitment laws. malthaussen Sep 2014 #1

What the ???! tblue Sep 2014 #2

I hope the parents sue loyalsister Sep 2014 #16

If they did that to my child I'd feel like I was living in a fascist police state. I'd sue, too. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #31

Oh hell no. d_r Sep 2014 #3

This school has a six person "Autism Spectrum Disorders Staff" jberryhill Sep 2014 #4

what the heck d_r Sep 2014 #12

Sounds like Florida is a hellhole for kids with autism. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #28

Yes. The district probably sends all special education students to the same school. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #29

I don't see how it could be legal d_r Sep 2014 #38

It's complicated. Laelth Sep 2014 #39

I get what you are saying d_r Sep 2014 #40

I hope you either forgot the sarcasm smilie or hoped we'd all see it as such azurnoir Sep 2014 #15

Ugh. I didn't see that before I posted. Wait Wut Sep 2014 #17

They told us if we wanted to be compassionate we had to have rules. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #5

Whatever happened to "Innocent until PROVEN guilty"? /nt dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #6

in a court of law TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #23

This was about a 72 hour psych hold jberryhill Sep 2014 #25

Cops, politicians, celebrities and the elite are innocent even AFTER proven guilty. The rest of us? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #41

Got to make sure the kids know and understand, the police are like the bogyman. Rex Sep 2014 #7

THIS is how they handle a TEN-year-old with autism?!!!!!! deurbano Sep 2014 #8

inexcusable….. dhill926 Sep 2014 #9

I can't tell you how many times I was called to my son's school because he had a meltdown kimbutgar Sep 2014 #10

Help me out on The Baker Act Orrex Sep 2014 #11

Normally that would be correct jberryhill Sep 2014 #26

Thanks Orrex Sep 2014 #30

Oh, lord jeeezus, help us all. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #13

Was he in a mainstream classroom or special needs? Wait Wut Sep 2014 #14

look at both sides of the situatuion... maynard Sep 2014 #18

I can accept part of that loyalsister Sep 2014 #19

I was thinking along the same lines. knitter4democracy Sep 2014 #37

And with absolute predictability, the kid is brown KamaAina Sep 2014 #20

Is that the police officer in the picture? Orrex Sep 2014 #21

^^ Truth! loyalsister Sep 2014 #22

and very obviously the officer is many shades darker TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #24

FLORIDA! elleng Sep 2014 #27

that's pretty much the rule everywhere jberryhill Sep 2014 #32

You're probably correct, elleng Sep 2014 #33

Yeah jberryhill Sep 2014 #34

Yeah loyalsister Sep 2014 #35

Florida Police Tasered a 5 year old Kinder girl HockeyMom Sep 2014 #36

To put him back in school will now be linked to "cruel and unusual punishment" Trillo Sep 2014 #42

Good point loyalsister Sep 2014 #43