Reply #7: Did you see the video? Have you ever interacted with kids? [View All]

[Atman]

This is ENTIRELY inexcusable. 100%. On a purely legal level, no 5 year old has the capacity to understand that he/she is committing a crime, and therefore is simply not subject to arrest. It is a false arrest before the discussion even starts, from a legal standpoint. That said, the girl was all but taunted by the teacher/principal. They trained a camera on her, and she acted for it. The "swings" she "threw" at the principal wouldn't have knocked a fly out of the air...it was all show for the camera. The teacher didn't do anything but stand in front of her and not let her by...how about DOING SOMETHING, instead of taunting her like another five-year-old?

Anyone who has seen that video, understands kids, and thinks the behavior of the school admins/police are "understandable," just doesn't have a clue how kids work. In fact, at one point the principal actual is able to grab the girl, in a "hug" actually. Why couldn't she just hold her? This was not a 6' 250lb five-year-old!