5 Year old Girl Arrested

The Wrong person was arrested

Published on March 18, 2005 By Dr Guy In Current Events

It seems that a 5 year girl threw a temper tantrum at her school, and after assaulting teachers and an assistant principal, was arrested by the police. She was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car (do they call them Squad cars any longer?).

But I think the police arrested the wrong person. After doing all that, the mother, and I quote:

The girl's mother, Inda Akins, said she is consulting an attorney.

"She's never going back to that school," Akins said. "They set my baby up."

Excuse me? Your child just tore up a classroom and assaulted the authoritarian figures, and you are consulting a lawyer and talking about a setup?

Yes, the child was setup all right. By the parents who shirked their duty as parents! The police should have arrested the mother for "Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor".

If there is a case where parents should lose custody of a child, this sure fits the bill! That poor little girl is going to grow up thinking that she can do anything she wants just because an incompetant parent wanted to be her best friend instead of a parent.

Comments (Page 1)

dharmagrl

on Mar 18, 2005

That poor little girl is going to grow up thinking that she can do anything she wants just because an incompetant parent wanted to be her best friend instead of a parent.

That attitude probably has a lot to do with why she pitched a fit in the first place.....

I'm in agreement with you. When I first read it I thought that cuffing her and putting her in the back of a patrol vehicle was a bit much (oh, and some places do still call them squad cars)....but how else were they supposed to restrain her without hurting her (and having the mother sue for assault or inappropriate contact?)?

Kids have to learn that there are consequences to their actions.....but if the parents behave like this mother has/is, the little girl in question isn't going to learn how to do that.

Dr Guy

on Mar 18, 2005

I know,w hen I saw the headline, at first I was kind of shocked. I figured with the zero tolerance, she had brought a knife to school or something. But then when I got to the last part, I was outraged!

Even if the motehr did not learn a lesson, I hope the little girl did. It appears that is the only way she is going to learn, and hopefully before she is 18 and the next time she gets arrested, it will be for real.

Reiki-House

on Mar 18, 2005

"authoritarian figures"
I think you used the wrong terminology. Maybe. Sure you can take the position that there was an assault on a teacher, principal, whoever, but let us keep things realistic. A kick in the shin from a 5 year old. Handcuffs? Let's analyze the situation for a moment.
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A girl in a classroom (kindergarten) was throwing books (not one book but more books) and then moved on to boxes. The teacher tries to stop the 5 year old girl and gets incapacitated when kicked in the shin by the 5 year old kindergarten toddler. While the teacher is knocked out/incapacitated/frozen in fear/unable to move, the little 5 year old girl gets her hands on the candy dish which she proceeds to destroy. Enter the assistant principal who was alerted to the situation either by the desperate calls from the teacher for reinforcements, or by the noisy carnage being inflicted in the classroom by the 5 year old kindergarten student. Either way the 5 year old manages to get a punch (tap) in on the assistant principal while the teacher is presumably still being tended to by the medics or busy cleaning up boxes or cleaning up the broken candy dish or washing the walls. Something isn't right with the story and one should wonder whether or not the people in charge know what in the hell they're doing or saying. Let's not play with stupid ideological banter. We all know that if society handcuffed every kid who has tantrums and trouble recognizing and relating to authority figures, half of American kids would be in the backseat of a cop car.

Dr Guy

on Mar 18, 2005

A girl in a classroom (kindergarten) was throwing books (not one book but more books) and then moved on to boxes. The teacher tries to stop the 5 year old girl and gets incapacitated when kicked in the shin by the 5 year old kindergarten toddler.

I think I have figured out your problem. It is called reading comprehension. That gets a trolling and irrelevant rating.

dharmagrl

on Mar 18, 2005

That gets a trolling and irrelevant rating

I'll second that motion...

Reiki-House

on Mar 18, 2005

Thanks for the troll points. But maybe you could comment on the comment instead. To take that story at face value is dumb. yeah Dharm you'd allow so much shit to happen in your own home, watching destruction after destruction while not doing anything to stop it. Dharm would watch her son's 5 year old friend come into her place, draw all over the walls and not take the crayon away from her, then throw books around, then throw boxes around, then kick her in the shin, then break her candy dish, then move onto punching her husband in the stomach. Think about it. Were the grown up teacher and principal unable to stop the little 5 year old girl? Did they need to escalate the bullshit by getting the police involved? You know, the people who are busy enough dealing with criminals for them to have time enough to cuff a little 5 year old girl.

Dr Guy

on Mar 18, 2005

Thanks for the troll points. But maybe you could comment on the comment instead. To take that story at face value is dumb.

Hey Brainless, no one took the story at face value! try R-E-A-D-I-N-G The story, and the blog and the responses!

Damn, I never thought I would find someone stupider or more ignorant than Wise Fawn, but you just made the top of the list!

dharmagrl

on Mar 18, 2005

yeah Dharm you'd allow so much shit to happen in your own home, watching destruction after destruction while not doing anything to stop it. Dharm would watch her son's 5 year old friend come into her place, draw all over the walls and not take the crayon away from her, then throw books around, then throw boxes around, then kick her in the shin, then break her candy dish, then move onto punching her husband in the stomach.

*sigh*...you just don't get it, do you?

Are you deliberately obnoxious, or is it just an inherent part of your nature?

Dr Guy

on Mar 18, 2005

*sigh*...you just don't get it, do you?

I am on the verge of a first. My First blacklist. I really think he has a reading comprehension problem, but if he is going to spout stupidity on top of it...........

on Mar 18, 2005

Hmm I don't know. Taking her to jail may be too much, but same time what she did to school is pretty bad. All kids do that at her age, but all that in minutes?

Hazylunarrain

on Mar 19, 2005

If you ask me this whole thing is ridiculous! Who the hell shackles and puts plastic cuffs on a five year old? Jesus God!! I would be suing the school AND the cops. Next thing you know, they'll be pulling guns on kindergartners for yelling in class. Talk about repression! Whether or not the parents were too "soft" on the child is moot. The point is: If a teacher is going to TEACH and a SO CALLED Asst. Principal is going to run a school, they should be physically able to handle a small child for Gods sake! There are options for situations as this. Foremost in MY mind is counseling for the parentts and child. NOT manacles for babies! THINK about what your talkin about!

dharmagrl

on Mar 19, 2005

Who the hell shackles and puts plastic cuffs on a five year old?

Ok, try to imagine the predicament the cops and the teachers must have been in. What were they supposed to do, just let this kid carry on hitting people and trashing the place? The teachers were probably afraid that if they tried to restrain the kid they'd get charged with assault...and from the mother's reaction to her child's behaviour and the subsequent events, I'd say that them getting sued was a very real threat too. So, they called the cops to come and help get the kid under control. Although the report doesn't state this, I think that the child was probably still raging when the police got there, which is what caused them to put her in cuffs.
This situation wasn't handled in the best manner, no...but we also weren't there and have only a brief synopsis of the events. We don't know if this child has acted like this before, if she has ADHD or some other condition that might cause her to have uncontrollable fits of rage...we just don't know enough to make a judgement call like that. My middle son was diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and my little guy has ADD, so I have some experience with rages and full blown tantrums - Davey once broke my toe when he was raging, and I've had plenty of bruised arms, shins and bite marks from dealing with them when they got out of contol -if this girl was acting anything like my sons have in the past I can totally understand why the staff felt it necessary to call in the police.
Like I said, it probably could have been handled in a better way, but......

Dynosoar

on Mar 19, 2005

Parents such as the one described in the referenced article are the exact reason why I only taught one semester of middle school art.

The children are out of control, authority has been taken away from the teacher, and parents are looking for someone else to blame for the problems their child causes.

It is a no fault society in public schools, as a teacher you cannot disipline, even verbally, without fear of reprissal. Isolation is considered excessive, as well as public corrective action.

You are supposed to adapt the classroom to whatever percieved disorders are present in the students, it tends to bring the instruction down to the lowest common denominator, basically to the point just above basic child care........

Oh, and I am sure the police were called to effect appropriate disiplinary action for the primary reason of defering liability. In this school district, Resourse Officers are stationed at every school for the same purpose ( 4th grade and up)and are called upon almost daily to break up fights etc....

IMHO, the lack of parenting skills at home( or the complete lack of parents ) is at the root of the problem, but in this politically correct world who in their right mind would dare call a spade a spade............

So it goes........

philomedy

on Mar 19, 2005

If a teacher is going to TEACH and a SO CALLED Asst. Principal is going to run a school, they should be physically able to handle a small child for Gods sake!

The problem with this option is the following: Teacher and/or Asst. Principal attempt to "handle" the child. While being restrained, the struggling child manages to hurt herself. Even if the child is not hurt, just saying that the teacher or asst. principal hurt her is grounds for a lawsuit. It's absolutely pathetic that the police had to become involved in this case, but when we live in a world where lawsuits have taken precedence over personal responsibility, I can see why the authority figures would have been cautious about even breathing on the child.

dharmagrl

on Mar 19, 2005

Teacher and/or Asst. Principal attempt to "handle" the child. While being restrained, the struggling child manages to hurt herself. Even if the child is not hurt, just saying that the teacher or asst. principal hurt her is grounds for a lawsuit. It's absolutely pathetic that the police had to become involved in this case, but when we live in a world where lawsuits have taken precedence over personal responsibility, I can see why the authority figures would have been cautious about even breathing on the child.

EXACTLY!!!!!! And, like I said, given the mom's attitude of 'they set my girl up'...well, the faculty's attempts to restrain her would have been a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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