Dr Dread
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I would like to know these answers as well.
Seems that a lot of people here and in the media have been ripping this guy to shreds, the argument being that this is no way to treat someone, that is way far too excessive, and that other measures should have been taken. The only thing lacking in this position is actually providing an example of a specific measure that could have been taken outside of force to solve this issue.
So a teacher has a distracting student who will not stop distracting when asked. The process is then repeated by the administrator and finally by the officer. At this point in the ordeal, what else is to be done? Seems there are only three options:
1. Call parents/guardians to see what effect that might have. If none available, then one of the following two options must be taken (no exceptions).
Either
2. Cancel the class and have students leave.
Or
3. Have the school officer take the student into custody (although an arrest would not have to be made).
A lot of unanswered questions here concerning the administration and the legitimacy of the officer's involvement. I'll have to wait to see them answered before making a final judgment on the appropriateness of his and the administration's actions.
I knew he'd be fired regardless. The school system wasn't about to take the heat for employing a "racist," since this has become a racial issue for some ridiculous reason and since being a "racist" is the worst thing you can possibly be in our society.
I'm not going to pretend like the force involved in this ordeal was necessarily unwarranted on its own. Perhaps it was, but we don't know yet for sure. And at what point do you allow a single student to continue to disrupt the entire education process when words and threats no longer work? Was she supposed to just sit in the class for the rest of her life while her classmates and the teacher went elsewhere?
From everything I'm seeing, the kid was caught texting in class and refused to give the teacher her phone when asked. She then refused to leave the classroom when instructed to do so. Trying to force her to leave immediately by use of force is much more of a distraction than continuing teaching and handling the issue after class.
Unfortunately, nobody is going to question the teacher or administrator about how they mishandled the situation.
