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[Mael]

The upside is nobody died!
Progress.

 

[BrutishMrFish]

He was later taken to a mental health facility, where he was kept for almost a week, without his mother's permission.

And they were able to hold him there against his mother's wishes for that long?

Jesus. How is that even legal?

 

[TrueDefault]

Valdez, who returned to school after a three-day suspension, wound up in the hospital with a clavicle fracture. NBC reported that Valdez’s family says the officer caused the fracture, not the initial fight.

Wait, what? Did they suspend the kid for getting pepper sprayed by an adult?

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

Yikes

 

[Breads]

They're a third of the population in Texas and the identity of the officers is currently not disclosed.

Fascinating how in this way minorities are able to beat the odds.

 

[Double Donut]

Blue lives matter!

 

[Rhaknar]

You should be thanking those heroic police officers, because when that kid turns around its actually

At least I assume so, otherwise why would you handcuff a 7 year old >_>

 

[Elfotografoalocado]

The police are the friends of fucking nobody. Regular cops are a bunch of losers with self esteem issues projecting their insecurities on other people's lives through invasion and abuse.

 

[Booker Dewitt]

And they were able to hold him there against his mother's wishes for that long?

Jesus. How is that even legal?

Looking briefly at Florida laws for involuntarily admission of minors, without consent from the parent/guardian, treatment can only be administered through a court order. I'm no lawyer, and Texas of course has different legislation, but it's not hard to imagine how.

 

[TAJ]

Grown-ass adults can't handle a 7yo. Oh my days.

 

[starchild excalibur]

Comforting to know that almost all the adults involved were either so weak as to not be able to safely restrain children or so eager as to use their unnecessary deterrents.

 

[Dr.Guru of Peru]

Wait, what? Did they suspend the kid for getting pepper sprayed by an adult?

The kid was in a fight with another kid before the officer got involved. I imagine the suspension is for that.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

School police?

What?

 

[Booker Dewitt]

School police?

What?

It's not uncommon to have a officer at schools, in theory it's for the protection of the students rather than stuff like this.

 

[Grug]

Stand by for "the 7 year old never puts his Legos away - he is no angel" stories from the media.

 

[TAJ]

It's not uncommon to have a officer at schools, in theory it's for the protection of the students rather than stuff like this.

I understand his confusion. I've only ever seen campus cops at colleges, but I don't have kids.

 

[Hux1ey]

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From the outside looking in, this shit is insane.

 

[GustyGardens]

What do you even say about this? I really hope justice is served, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[HiiiLife]

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Pigs. I can't say this shit enough smh ugh

 

[HamsterPackage]

If some pig tazed my 6 year old they wouldn't be breathing the next day.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

It's not uncommon to have a officer at schools, in theory it's for the protection of the students rather than stuff like this.

I get that but since I'm not American, the notion of needing police officers or security in a school is really bizarre to me. Because this really is not normal.

Edit: but maybe there are schools here with some sort of security, I don't know. Don't think I went to a particularly bad school, so I wouldn't know.

 

[Booker Dewitt]

I understand his confusion. I've only ever seen campus cops at colleges, but I don't have kids.

Yeah, I can see it being a age thing. I was in middle school during the early to mid '00s, and that's where I first started seeing them. I never really saw them do anything until there was a active shooter in the general area and they locked down the school.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Texas.

Yup.

If the thread title didn't say Dallas, I'd still assume it was Texas just from the fact that they took a disabled child out of school and placed them in a mental hospital.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

WTF, if police did that to my child I'd likely be in jail for assaulting an officer. You know it's messed up when a transformers kid movie becomes reality.