New York Police Handcuff First-Grader

[IAN 2411]

I have to agree with the multitude of comments, in that if it was a special needs class then it should have special needs teachers. If they were S.N.T then they were defrauding the state, because they were obviously out of their depth. The police should have monitored the situation and waited for an Ambulance with Paramedics that know how to deal with Autism, and carry the correct restraints. The other thing i cant make out is is it only in the USA that you call the police to take a child to hospital? Mind boggeling.

Be well IAN 2411

[thir]

I have to agree with the multitude of comments, in that if it was a special needs class then it should have special needs teachers. If they were S.N.T then they were defrauding the state, because they were obviously out of their depth. The police should have monitored the situation and waited for an Ambulance with Paramedics that know how to deal with Autism, and carry the correct restraints. The other thing i cant make out is is it only in the USA that you call the police to take a child to hospital? Mind boggeling.

Be well IAN 2411

But also why take him to a hospital?

A hospital is a place where you treat people who are ill or hurt, not a place where you clamp down on people or little kids who make a disturbance.

[TwistedTails]

The other thing i cant make out is is it only in the USA that you call the police to take a child to hospital? Mind boggeling.

I doubt if it just the USA and Yes, it is a common practice here. Schools now have "Resourse Officers". These Officers are used when students do not obey. I have more to say on that practice, but its nothing good and uses words like facism and thugs. LOL

Cheers
Twisted

[thir]

I doubt if it just the USA and Yes, it is a common practice here. Schools now have "Resourse Officers". These Officers are used when students do not obey. I have more to say on that practice, but its nothing good and uses words like facism and thugs. LOL

Cheers
Twisted

I would be interested in what you have to say, and I do not think you need self-censure. We have heard so much about freedom of speech lately, and surely people can say what they like, as long as it is not personal attacks and the like.

I am quite distressed by a number of seemingly unrelated things that go on, that all seem to me to point towards two things:

One is that the state takes upon itself more and more power over our individual lives, and I feel that things are going too far.

The other is that society seems to be stressed out and - I don't know what!?? - so that there is little or not room for people who are not exactly what the powers that be thinks they should be. They create 'a disturbance' in the (more or less) well oiled machine of daily work, and must be taken away pronto or medicated or what not.
It can sound quite boot-camp like at times, at least that is how it feels like here in UK, in some circumstances.

I know I haven't thought it through, and I know that there are lots of cases where you have to do something, but it still nags me. I feel that more and more individual freedom is lost in the buisness-as-usual machine.

Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated. Any comments.