Police defend handcuffing, arresting six-year-old for alleged temper tantrumMadison Ruppert, Contributor Salecia Johnson, a kindergartener, was taken away from her small According to WMAZ, The family of Johnson said that she was badly shaken by her treatment The Milledgeville police department was ultimately called to assist Police refused to say what actually set off the alleged tantrum, but In California, for instance, over 40% of public school suspensions are issued for dubious reasons such as willful defiance and disruption. Ultimately, in many of these cases, the policies end up hurting the Milledgeville Chief of Police Dray Swicord defended the polices Our policy is that any detainee transported to our station in a She has mood swings some days, which all of us had mood swings According to The Washington Post, Kids are being arrested for being kids, Shannon Kennedy, a civil rights attorney said. Kennedy is currently suing the Albuquerque, New Mexico school In one case, a 14-year-old boy was actually arrested for inflating a Other cases include another kindergartener being arrested in Florida In fact, a bill was proposed just this year in Florida in an attempt Annette Montano of Albuquerque also said that her 13-year-old child While Albuquerque school officials will not comment on the arrests in She claims that there are cases of sexual harassment in elementary Thankfully, not all are blind enough to buy the flawed logic put I have had some concern for a while that the schools have relied a little too heavily on police officers to handle disciplinary problems, Stephens said. In Texas alone, a nonprofit public interest group called Texas One Texas state lawmaker, Senator John Whitmire, wants to get rid of If you are afraid of someone because they bring a gun or drugs, of This seems like a wholly logical statement and yet somehow it doesnt If we continue to turn our children into criminals by treating them Id love to hear your opinion, take a look at your story tips, and RELATED ARTICLE: Please support our work and help us start to pay contributors by doing your shopping through our Amazon link or check out some must-have products at our store. This article first appeared at End the Lie. 