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10-year-old girl arrested
Girl, 10, Cuffed for Scissors in School
Dec 11, 4:05 PM EST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 10-year-old girl was placed in handcuffs and taken to a police station because she took a pair of scissors to her elementary school.
School district officials said the fourth-grade student did not threaten anyone with the 8-inch shears, but violated a rule that considers scissors to be potential weapons.
Administrators said they were following state law when they called police Thursday, and police said they were following department rules when they handcuffed Porsche Brown and took her away in a patrol wagon.
"My daughter cried and cried," said her mother, Rose Jackson. "She had no idea what she did was wrong. I think that was way too harsh."
Police officers decided the girl hadn't committed a crime and let her go.
However, school officials suspended her for five days. Administrators will decide at a hearing whether she may return to class, or be expelled to a special disciplinary school.
The scissors were discovered while students' belongings were being searched for property missing from a teacher's desk.
School district officials have promised a crackdown on unruly students this year, and new policies give administrators the power to expel students for infractions as minor as violating the dress code, chronic tardiness or habitual swearing.
Administrators say the steps are needed to regain control over a notoriously unruly school system, but some parents have complained that discipline has been overly harsh and that school officials have been too quick to call police about minor problems.
*credits to king5 news*
Dec 11, 4:05 PM EST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A 10-year-old girl was placed in handcuffs and taken to a police station because she took a pair of scissors to her elementary school.
School district officials said the fourth-grade student did not threaten anyone with the 8-inch shears, but violated a rule that considers scissors to be potential weapons.
Administrators said they were following state law when they called police Thursday, and police said they were following department rules when they handcuffed Porsche Brown and took her away in a patrol wagon.
"My daughter cried and cried," said her mother, Rose Jackson. "She had no idea what she did was wrong. I think that was way too harsh."
Police officers decided the girl hadn't committed a crime and let her go.
However, school officials suspended her for five days. Administrators will decide at a hearing whether she may return to class, or be expelled to a special disciplinary school.
The scissors were discovered while students' belongings were being searched for property missing from a teacher's desk.
School district officials have promised a crackdown on unruly students this year, and new policies give administrators the power to expel students for infractions as minor as violating the dress code, chronic tardiness or habitual swearing.
Administrators say the steps are needed to regain control over a notoriously unruly school system, but some parents have complained that discipline has been overly harsh and that school officials have been too quick to call police about minor problems.
*credits to king5 news*
Comments
dude. what the hell. why would you handcuff a 10 year old for scissors. jeez.
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it's that mother of hers, she's really an Islamic extremist who was plotting to take over her daughter's school with a pair of scissors.
That is the most absurd thing I've ever heard.
"potential weapon"????!
ANYTHING is a potential weapon.
I could beat you with my shoes, but I'm still allowed to bring those to school.
"potential weapon"????!
ANYTHING is a potential weapon.
I could beat you with my shoes, but I'm still allowed to bring those to school.
hehe, really...
i'm almost positive that when i was 10 scissors were on the list of things you were suppose to have for school... now you're arrested for having them?!?
they used to GIVE you scissors, or at least put them on that list of notebooks, pencils and markers to buy.
if you get arrested for dangerous school supplies, we'd better get rid of pens. you could stab someone.
Poor kid, suspended for five days! Oh you better not wear clothes either, 'cause you could suffocate someone in them, but then you would be arrested anyway! for public nudity!
o u guys dont kno about my fettish with stabbing things in the eye yet. lol. i just love it.