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38. Again, hog tying a five year old? You're defending this?

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 03:15 PM

Jun 2013

You're defending pepper spraying a seven year old?

Sickening! Absolutely sickening. Badge sniffers are all the same. And before you run and alert me to a jury, I've been using badge sniffers for a long time.

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Arresting the kids [View all] MrScorpio Jun 2013 OP

kr. horrifying stuff. what kind of kids are we molding? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #1

Now it's you asking the right kind of question. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #3

i don't know that i'd grow up complacent under those conditions. i think i'd grow up angry & anti- HiPointDem Jun 2013 #4

That's a good point too. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #5

it probably has both, depending on the kid and his situation. but it seems pretty clear that HiPointDem Jun 2013 #7

That would be my idea as a child newfie11 Jun 2013 #14

Absolutely asinine. defacto7 Jun 2013 #2

not to sound too conservative.. but I can't help but wonder if this is at least partly caused by the Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #6

I was thinking the exact same thing. I don't think corporal punishment should be brought back. nessa Jun 2013 #22

I don't think it should be either... but if if was matter of which was the lesser evil Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #23

those private prisons need their full occupancy - train them young. hollysmom Jun 2013 #8

+1 Go Vols Jun 2013 #32

K&R DeSwiss Jun 2013 #9

Scared and stupid adminstrators along with scared and stupid parents.... Pelican Jun 2013 #10

I have zero tolerance for... ReasonableToo Jun 2013 #21

Intolerance will not be tolerated! Pelican Jun 2013 #24

And these are just from schools, what about in their homes... Historic NY Jun 2013 #11

Can we say this is a "Police State," yet? Downwinder Jun 2013 #12

This terrifies me. What have we become? Live and Learn Jun 2013 #13

Private prisons have to be filled malaise Jun 2013 #15

USA = Mental Illness drdtroit Jun 2013 #16

That must be the problem with our government newfie11 Jun 2013 #18

As a kid I was taught to trust police officers. Unknown Beatle Jun 2013 #17

I have not been able to tell my 11 year old daughter that at all LibertyLover Jun 2013 #25

I'm in the same boat as you 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #35

Or for no reason at all. nt tblue37 Jun 2013 #42

Remember, dial 911 if you have a problem. The police will solve it is what we're told Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #19

doubleplus infinity MindPilot Jun 2013 #26

Your blaming the police.......really Historic NY Jun 2013 #28

The officers could easily have looked around and said "Nope." Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #30

Thats so easy to say w/o all the facts..... Historic NY Jun 2013 #33

Again, hog tying a five year old? You're defending this? Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #38

Your complaining because the school couldn't handle the child... Historic NY Jun 2013 #39

read the op. you're defending the indefensible Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #41

"EOM" is supposed to go in the subject line of a post that has ONLY tblue37 Jun 2013 #43

And they wonder why parents homeschool? lbrtbell Jun 2013 #20

I'm hearing bad things too - especially about the way schools are so geared toward teaching for the Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #27

It's a world gone mad. ellie Jun 2013 #29

This is one of the reasons I vehemently oppose "No Tolerance" policies Xyzse Jun 2013 #31

I think this is part of an overall pattern of over-reaction. LongTomH Jun 2013 #34

Completely disgusting. What has this country come to. nt limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #36

Authoritarian culture. woo me with science Jun 2013 #37

Just more collateral damage felix_numinous Jun 2013 #40

It is not stupidity, it is not over reaction... nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #44