ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A 5-year-old girl was arrested, cuffed and put in back of a police cruiser after an outburst at school where she threw books and boxes, kicked a teacher in the shins, smashed a candy dish, hit an assistant principal in the stomach and drew on the walls.
The students were counting jelly beans as part of a math exercise at Fairmount Park Elementary School when the little girl began acting silly. That’s when her teacher took away her jelly beans, outraging the child.
Minutes later, the 40-pound girl was in the back of a police cruiser, under arrest for battery. Her hands were bound with plastic ties, her ankles in handcuffs.
“I don’t want to go to jail,” she said moments after her arrest Monday.
No charges were filed and the girl went home with her mother.
From AP via Tallahassee Democrat
Pointer via Jesus’ General, who’s written Governor Bush disappointed that there was “No tazing, no clubbing, no chokeholds.”
Boy, the stories that come out of Florida really make me want to move there and raise my children.
Hey Emily, I totally agree! Let’s all move to Florida!
Man, if we lived in Florida, Mack would have been doing hard time since he was two.