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Posted by: Darrell Castle
February 12, 2010
Topic: Personal Injury
This is a story with some resemblance to my post about Judi Chamberlin's life and death from a few days ago. If you can recall Judi was involuntarily committed to a mental institution at age 22 and fought for the rights of the mentally ill for the rest of her life. Today we have a story courtesy of WPBF. To protect the anonymity I will not give this little girl's name or city. She is currently a six year old first grader. A few days ago this little girl was handcuffed and taken to a mental health facility because of her classroom behavior. Her parents say they are furious because the school chose to use such extreme measures.
She was handcuffed and transported in the back of a police cruiser. The 37 pound girl's wrists were too small for a handcuff to restrain her so the officer placed one cuff around both her wrists. Deputies report that she got upset and stormed out of her classroom when asked to do something by her teacher. The episode then turned into a temper tantrum in the principal's office. According to deputies, she kicked the wall, threw things from the principal's desk at the principal who happens to be pregnant, and then she was handcuffed. The next day deputies were called to the school again. She was yelling, throwing things at the eight months pregnant principal, and totally out of control. This time she was committed to a mental facility.
Her mother says she was terrified for her daughter. "Where is my baby?" What are they doing with her?" The child's mother says there is nothing wrong with her except a temper problem. The school says it has contacted her parents several times to set up meetings but they never show up for the meetings. The last meeting the mother canceled because she had car problems. In the meantime, she is home from school.
This poor little girl has no one to love her enough to discipline her, and nothing but a cold hearted bureaucratic system with no answers to protect her. What has happened to our society and our homes that no one can control a 37 pound six year old girl? In my day, of course, the teacher would have paddled her, the principal would have paddled her, and her parents when she got home. Would that be the right thing to do, I'm not sure but I would prefer it to involuntary commitment. The love has left our schools and our homes. God help the children because no one else will.
