According to reports, an unnamed 16-year-old student at Wayne County Schools Career Center was cited for wearing orange cargo pants – a violation of the school’s dress code, which requires all students to wear a uniform.As far as I'm concerned, the kid deserved to get tased.
The teenager, who had just returned to school after a suspension, became unruly and started a verbal altercation with the school’s dean of students, school officials said to News 5.
In a video of the incident uploaded to YouTube, the student is seen walking away from school staff and the school’s resource officer, who got involved at request of the school dean.
The student is seen repeatedly walking away from and becoming combative with the high school administration in the video.
Superintendent Kip Crain said to News 5 the student was offered clothing to wear for the day that would comply with the school’s dress code, but he refused. The student was also allegedly allowed to call his parents to drop off his uniform, but he refused that as well.
“School officials and the deputy tried to contain that [situation] away from that area but the young man moved into that area on his own,” Capt. Hunter said to News 5. “The young man was given numerous opportunities not to get into any trouble at all or be involved in any type of physical altercation.”
The student resists as the deputy tries to restrain him. Eventually, the student gets out of the deputy’s grip and moves back toward the lunchroom area, where school staff reportedly told him not to go.
As the video footage continues, the resource officer takes out his Taser weapon and continues to try to verbally and physically direct the student back to the dean’s office.
“Ultimately, it escalated to the point where the deputy pulled out his taser. After the student threatened to punch him, the deputy discharged the taser and essentially ended the incident. Even when it escalated to the point where the deputy was involved, the deputy tried to de-escalate the situation but the student wasn’t having any part of that,” Capt. Hunter said to News 5.
Though the deputy deployed the taser twice, Hunter told News 5, he was only hit with an electrical current once.
News 5 reported that EMS was called to the school to check on the student, who was not injured in the incident, though he was sent home afterward.
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Saturday, December 01, 2018
Failing To Discipline Children Does Them No Favors
Some young people don't really face consequences for their actions, so they think they can say or do whatever they want--with impunity. That isn't always the case:
Good. He deserved it.
ReplyDeleteThis is what happens when leftists are left to raise their children without any boundaries or fear of God, parents, authority figures, etc.
I'm 62. I'm five foot six and not a fighter. That being said, I have become increasingly aware of provocative, defiant behavior by some students. My AP tells me to simply "Go and tell them to stop." ignoring that ten six foot tall males are not much going to be intimidated by me. As a result, I will not risk getting slugged by a mob. I didn't sign on for that. What's more, many of our teachers and subs report the same general lack of support. While we have nearly 3000 kids roaming the halls during lunch, there are only 225 teachers and six administrators. These are not good odds. Many of us have simply stopped reporting all but the most egregiously dangerous behavior. Dress code? Nope, I stopped doing that when the AP's started just sending kids back with a warning. Cell phone abuse? Same thing Unless I see someone getting hit or hurt, I'm not going to risk my health for rules anymore because nobody is backing me up. Earlier this year two boys squared off in my class to fight. I grabbed each one by the back of their collars marched them down to the nearest office and told the AP in charge that they tried to fight and to do something with them. Twenty minutes later, she brought them back to class saying they were really really sorry. That one act more than anything else solidified my plan to retire early and more on. Maybe I'll find a private school or simply teach private students. It's just sad.
ReplyDeleteI marvel that *any*one could think that's OK.
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