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Kindergarten Girl Handcuffed, Arrested At Fla. School


UPDATED: 1:08 pm EDT March 30, 2007

AVON PARK, Fla. -- Police arrested a 6-year-old Florida girl and even handcuffed her when she acted out in class. Police officers said Desre'e Watson, a kindergarten student at Avon Elementary School in Highlands County, had a violent run-in with a teacher on Thursday.

"I was scared," the little girl said.

Police claim the little girl got angry and began kicking and scratching. She even hit a teacher attempting to intervene in the disturbance.

However, the girl's mother doesn't believe the story.

"She never fell out. She is very respectful. If I tell her to do anything, she will do it," Lateshia Wilson said.

The chief of police said his officers did the right thing.

"When there is an outburst of violence, we have a duty to protect and make that school a safe environment for the students, staff and faculty. That's why, at this point, the person was arrested regardless what the age," said Chief Frank Mercurio, Avon Park Police Department.

The kindergartner was booked in the Highland County jail and was charged with a felony and two misdemeanors

http://www.wftv.com/news/11455199/detail.html

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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    god this country is FUCKED UP. im moving to canada or europe
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  • Reynaldo6Reynaldo6 Posts: 80
    thats not right. a young mother with no father(he wasnt shown so im assuming that there isnt a man in here life) to give discipline
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  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Sounds like the mother is a bit ignant. Charging the girl might be a bit extreme. but hey, I was charged when I was like 10.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    Ha ha, cabbage.

    EDIT: Oops, wrong thread.
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    that is messed up! Arrest a 6 year old girl...now she has been tramatized for life.
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    I hate to say it, I really do, but with a name like Desre'e and a moms name of Lateshia why does this not surpise me one bit?
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    I hate to say it, I really do, but with a name like Desre'e and a moms name of Lateshia why does this not surpise me one bit?

    why's that?
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    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    El_Kabong wrote:
    why's that?


    First, which I didn't mention before is that the last names of the 2 don't match, to me that implies no father at home. Second, anyone who names their kid Desre'e, or at least having an apostrophe in thier name is in my mind a little crazy.

    And lastly Lateshia as a name does not convey to me as someone who would be a good parent. When I hear that name I think of stripper or a hooker.
  • Daughter of JeremyDaughter of Jeremy Up here in my tree Posts: 181
    MeddleDeal wrote:
    that is messed up! Arrest a 6 year old girl...now she has been tramatized for life.

    Ah, what about the rest of the kids in the classroom who had to witness her violent outburst? Do you think they would have been affected in any way? I certainly do. If this kid was physically attacking other people to the point where she had to be physically restrained and the charged then that would have been just as traumatising for those watching. Also, an outburst of that magnitude, to me, would suggest that this is not the first time this kid has 'acted out'.
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  • Daughter of JeremyDaughter of Jeremy Up here in my tree Posts: 181
    Reynaldo6 wrote:
    thats not right. a young mother with no father(he wasnt shown so im assuming that there isnt a man in here life) to give discipline

    and the 'young mother' can't provide the discipline because....... Well there's probably a lot of reasons why she can't, but my point is that children do not need a perfect nuclear family to grow up happy and well adjusted.
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  • KidCarnivoreKidCarnivore Posts: 82
    As a teacher in an urban environment, I don't have a problem with this. Schools are allowed to do very little to physically restrain students. Police, who are trained, do a better job when there are physical altercations.
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    KidCarnivore wrote:
    As a teacher in an urban environment, I don't have a problem with this. Schools are allowed to do very little to physically restrain students. Police, who are trained, do a better job when there are physical altercations.
    You've got to be kidding. There's something wrong with the system if the school district resorts to police arresting a 6 year old. Absolutely ludicrous.
  • cornnifercornnifer Posts: 2,130
    Daughter of Jeremy wrote:
    my point is that children do not need a perfect nuclear family to grow up happy and well adjusted.

    You're right, they don't always.
    But, it surely helps. There is no arguing that.
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  • cornnifercornnifer Posts: 2,130
    Thorns2010 wrote:

    And lastly Lateshia as a name does not convey to me as someone who would be a good parent. When I hear that name I think of stripper or a hooker.

    Really? All the name implies to me is a woman, who is probably Black and has a cultural name.
    Yours is a perhaps subconciously held racist stereotype.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    cornnifer wrote:
    Really? All the name implies to me is a woman, who is probably Black and has a cultural name.

    = stripper or a hooker. ;P
  • Roll ModelRoll Model Posts: 70
    ya know what? this board is hilarious,,,

    the majority of posters here act like they are so open minded, but they actually live in a little box and have these little preconceived notions of what the world is like or should be.

    did you know that you guys don't know everything?

    you can really tell the [mental] age of the poster just by their comments sometimes

    it makes me laugh and cry at the same time
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    arresting the girl may be a bit extreme but the situation highlights one of the biggest problems in schools...parents. I remember going to school and if the teacher said something the parents believed them...now you have a culture where the kids are "perfect"...at least to their parents...and would never do anything wrong. Teachers already have their hands tied administratively and a lot times now they have the parents not even listening b/c little tommy or tina would never do anything wrong.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    Roll Model wrote:
    ya know what? this board is hilarious,,,

    the majority of posters here act like they are so open minded, but they actually live in a little box and have these little preconceived notions of what the world is like or should be.

    did you know that you guys don't know everything?

    you can really tell the [mental] age of the poster just by their comments sometimes

    it makes me laugh and cry at the same time

    You know what? That hurt.

    Because I just don't know what to do now that I've been chastised by some random cabbage (read: cunt) on the internet named "Roll Model". I just don't know how I can go on.

    *cries*

    *not really*
  • cornnifercornnifer Posts: 2,130
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    You know what? That hurt.

    Because I just don't know what to do now that I've been chastised by some random cabbage (read: cunt) on the internet named "Roll Model". I just don't know how I can go on.

    *cries*

    *not really*

    Something tells me you won't be around here long.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    cornnifer wrote:
    Something tells me you won't be around here long.

    I'll be around.

    (Because you say my comments make you "laugh and cry at the same time" I'm not going to change my ways just on the basis of pleasing ya.)
  • ruudruud Posts: 34
    My questions is why in the world were the POLICE called to calm an angry SIX YEAR OLD CHILD? Is anyone askign themselves this question. Maybe its the parents, maybe the setting, the school, or the teacher, but why would the authorities be called to calm a SIX YEAR OLD CHILD. This is absolutely outrageous. If there are laws that forbid teachers and staff of doing anything physically they must be overlooked simply beacuse of the fact that in a world where so much else is going wrong there cannot possibly be time for any government to allow any legal action to be taken out against a school that physically stops this kid. There are so many other ways of taking care of this, and concerning the other kids in the class, i think it doesnt entirely teach the kids to act the same, every kid can interpret it differently depending on how he or she grew up. One kid could as easily be indifferent as the other could be interested to do the same.
    She's six. unbelievable.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    ruud wrote:
    My questions is why in the world were the POLICE called to calm an angry SIX YEAR OLD CHILD? Is anyone askign themselves this question. Maybe its the parents, maybe the setting, the school, or the teacher, but why would the authorities be called to calm a SIX YEAR OLD CHILD.


    Six year olds bite.
  • peepspeeps Posts: 79
    she's pretty hot.
  • KFrost2008KFrost2008 Posts: 36
    While I understand restraint, arresting seems a bit out of line and criminal charges seem WAY out of line. Once she's able to have a job in 10 years, this will come back to bite her in the ass, which isn't right.
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    cornnifer wrote:
    Really? All the name implies to me is a woman, who is probably Black and has a cultural name.
    Yours is a perhaps subconciously held racist stereotype.

    I never mentioned race did I??
  • gossardstradlingossardstradlin Posts: 324
    Just an observation:

    Most of the bizarre, backwoods things I have seen regarding child abductions, Terry Schiavo crap, teacher/school occurences seem to happen in Florida more than any other state.

    What is up with Florida? Is it Jeb?
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    And that failure's no success at all."

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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    It's not Jeb thats driving the Floridians insane, it's the hallucinagenic toads roaming the swamps... like buffalo, they hop rampantly across the toad-scarred landscape, destroying human brains as they go.

    It's sad, really.
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    Wow, a kid who got charged for going apeshit. Put the fucking kid in the corner. Not charge her. Jesus, what a country!
  • DeniDeni Posts: 233
    Roll Model wrote:
    ya know what? this board is hilarious,,,

    the majority of posters here act like they are so open minded, but they actually live in a little box and have these little preconceived notions of what the world is like or should be.

    Well, I can't deny that I have preconceived notions about what the world SHOULD be like, and this right here is reason #6212 why I'll be homeschooling my children.
    "Ideas are bulletproof." --V

    Peace and Love
    Deni
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  • DeniDeni Posts: 233
    KFrost2008 wrote:
    While I understand restraint, arresting seems a bit out of line and criminal charges seem WAY out of line. Once she's able to have a job in 10 years, this will come back to bite her in the ass, which isn't right.

    Well, that's not entirely accurate. Juvenile records are sealed. This incident will not affect her at all when she's an adult... unless she continues on her path of crime. lol ;)
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    Peace and Love
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    :)
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