Kindergartener Charged With Felony Temper Tantrum - Arrested

[matcom]

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Avon Park, Fla., is a zero-tolerance kind of place.

On March 28, Desre'e Watson, a 6-year-old kindergarten student at Avon Elementary School, had a bad morning. She cried. She wailed. She kicked. She scratched. She hit a teacher. That's what the police say, anyway.

The police? That's right. To subdue the unruly kindergartner, school officials phoned Avon Park's police department ("committed to enhancing the 'Quality of Life' of the community"). When the cops arrived, young Desre'e attempted to resist arrest by crawling under a table. But Avon Park's finest pulled her out, cuffed her, put her in a police cruiser, drove her to the county jail, and charged this 50-pound menace with a felony and two misdemeanors. The police report is below.

"When there is an outburst of violence," Police Chief Frank Mercurio told a local news station, "we have a duty to protect and make that school a safe environment for the students, staff and faculty. That's why, at this point, the person was arrested regardless what the age." Let's hope his message gets across to those brats in the neonatal wards.



http://www.slate.com/id/2164004/fr/flyout

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Arrested? They should taser the little fucker. That'll learn him.

[SarahB]

2. I noticed on the report the little girl was African American.

Nice to see Florida living up to its usual rep. :sarcasm:

I would venture to guess that the little white girls in wealthier counties aren't yet "doing time" for their tantrums. :banghead:

[Hugin]

3. Nah, they just get a gig on Fox News...

:rofl:

[Mad_Dem_X]

4. GOOD GRAVY!!!

A 6 year old can't have a fit? :wtf: is wrong with Florida? Remind me to tell a couple of my friends with small children not to move or go there on vacation.

[LSK]

5. once again, its in FLORIDA

[commander bunnypants]

6. my four month old had a tantrum last night

all I did was hold her till she fell asleep


:sheesh:


CB

[zonkers]

7. Florida.

[xchrom]

8. surely a sign of the Apocalypse arresting six year olds.