Nah, that's wrong. Very wrong. But still, the girl should get some help; I mean she's only in kindergarten and already punching her V.P. and talking back to them.

The cops went too far in my opinion. Although she hit someone, it doesn't mean the cops have to flipping arrest her. I mean she's probably in Kindergarten. How many kids in Kindergarten do not hit people? It's a thing little kids do. She should've just been sent to time out or the principal or something..Maybe that girl ahd a really bad life at home and was trying to get some anger out. And besides, how hard do little kids punch? I'm sure nobody was severly injured..

^^agrees.. it's a Big NO NO to handcuff a LITTLE girl...
i dont think i have to explain why.... those cops were dumb!

oh yeah i heard it on the news. i dont know, but that little kid was i tiny bit wild.

5 year olds dont really know what they are doing..even adults dont even no right from wrong.. i think the cops went too far!

WTF!!!!!!!!!! That's insane. I'm hoping it was somekind of giant monster child the cops couldn't control 'cause if it wasn't this is unacceptable.

i think thats going too far. yes she was hitting and screaming and whatnot, but arresting her seems a bit much.

i would never have done that shit when i was five. im glad the cuffed her, youd be surprised a how much, even a five year old, can do because no one wants to hurt them

Yeah I heard about that yesterday, she was getting violent as hell, I don't blame the cops for cuffing her, she went psycho man! That girl tried to hit everyone around her, and so I think they had all reason to cuff her for the safety of the people, and before she hurt herself...

you got a point there!... but they could habe just grabbed her than handcuffed her... that's way more humane...

i didnt think handcuffs came child size

I was handcuffed once for saying "well I guess I won't live anymore" to my boyfriend regarding some big family drama in a cops presence. They said it was because I made a threat to myself. I'm like whatever, if I go back in the house, I'll be locked up, it'll be like living, but they went thru all this bs to make sure I wasn't suicidal. Point is? Cops really overreact. They had no reason to cuff that little girl. Pick her ass up around the waist, sit her ass down, and talk to her. But u don't hancuff her. that shit is soooo pain ful. They turn your wrists out in a way that hurts really bad so u cant fight back. not cool. They should be taken to court for assult.

Thats mad to handcuff a 5 year old!

Hugged? Have you ever tried to hold down a violent kid? Back when I volunteered at the Children's Home there were several times that kids (including ones around her age) got violent, and I know everyone there wished we had a cop around to help control 'em. I remember fairly vividly once when a six year old boy got angry because another kid "stole his stuff" (he had just misplaced it). I was moderating the situation, listening to both sides of the story when the kid took a swing at the other one. I put my arm around his stomach and pulled him backwards, away from the other kid. He turned and started hitting me in the face, and when I held him tighter, trying to get him arms pinned so that he would stop hitting me, the boy bit me on the arm then on the collarbone (both drew blood). Another volunteer helped me calm him down, finally, but it was not as easy as I think you some of you assume.

hahhaa.... four grown men (police men) hugging a five year old girl. do you think maybe there's a reason they didn't do that?


it's either cuff her or put her in a straight jacket.

and she was not arrested. she was put in restraints.

i can't believe they called the police on her..omg she's just a 5 year old! its sad how teachers and parents can't control their children anymore..scary in a way..i guess she just wasn't raised right=|

Evil 5 year-old child.

I would never hit a school teacher, I was too afraid to hit one.

wow..they didn't really need to call the cops..

just turn off the tape, give her a good slap in the face, and she would have been fine.

i agree all the way...lil booger

she could have started lashing out again, so yes, they were necessary.

it's still kinda sad that teachers can't control a five-year-old though.

That little girl needs to CHILL.She thinks she can do anything.I don't think the cops wnt to far.She frikkin punched the vice pres.She's retarded.LOL!

QUOTE(gotnoheart @ Apr 23 2005, 7:49 PM)
It's not going too far. She's worse than some unruly teenagers, in fact. If putting handcuffs on her was the only way to calm her down or keep her hands down actually, so be it. I feel bad for her parents. Actually, no I don't. It's partly their fault she acts like that.


I totally agree

Initially, my reaction was that they were irrational, but after reading posts, I'm conflicted. She's five, for christ's sake. This is really sad though, having to treat a five-year-old the same way convicts are treated.

Well they did have to restrain her some way. But the thought of a little girl being handcuffed is sort of sad. Should have just tazed her. Or even better sedated her.

You couldnt taze a littler girl. Tasers have killed over 80 americans since they were first put in use. Those things pump out over 50,000 volts. Hell a the typical American home runs on 150 volts. Even though the volts dont kill and its actually the amps that do, im pretty sure that at 50,000 volts the Conventional current will be way to high for her to survive.


CONVENTIONAL CURRENT = (charge of proton)(Electrons / meters cubed)(cross sectional area)(Velocity of the proton)

wich equals out to COLUMBS PER SECOND which is classifieds as AMPS.

Are you kidding me? Tons of kids have attitude problems when they are younger. Especially at 5 years old when they always want their way. handcuffing her was too much. Ridiculous.

she's too little to know better. they went too far..

Well...it did say that they tried without success to restrain her...I don't see what's wrong with handcuffing her.



The little brat deserves to be flogged mercilessly with a cat o' nine tails.


Sorry...I just hate little kids who think they can do anything they want and get away with it.

quite knowledgeble about electricity, but not about american homes. Americans homes run on 120 volts.

europe, and american washing machines, use 240 volts. (generalizing for europe.)


the 50,000 volts is no more dangerous to her than an adult. It's just that
1. it's considered inhumane.
2. if the jolt is at a certain point in her heartbeat, her heart can stop.

0.001 amps can kill you

ill findthe exact number later... i tazer probably can kill you since the lower the voltage the higher the current

i think its going too far...

The handcuffs was uncalled for. Of course the little kid is gonna act up. I mean, she is only 5 years old, and little kids will do whatever the hell they want. If they wanted to calm the kid down, they could've done something else but put handcuffs on her.

^ they must have been justified to take that extreme action... in a twisted way it might help the girl to behave...

^ agreed

and I def prefer handcuffing her than tasing her, that would have been inhumane, and anyways the girl needed to be restrained and everytime that lady in the video tried to grab her she ran and tried to hit her, I do not feel for that little girl or her parents, because I know too many kids that act like that, and they know they can get away with it, they got to learn young, and that girl was a threat to a lot of people in the school, not so much to the adults but what about students in her class....

no she shudn't hf been arrested... that's way too much for a 5 year old girl.. why didn't they just bring her parents in in the first place?

Okay I just watched the movie clip, and that was really uneccesary. I've seen kids act way worse than that. ( i was a girl scout, way too much volunteering) and the little girl was just throwing a hissy fit. I mean, there was no actual punching. Kids do that when they dont want to be touched. She got up on the table to feel bigger than the woman because the woman was trying to over power her. Its all a defense mechanism. But I'm sorry, I have seen children behave way worse than that. Sometimes I behaved worse than that, and I got my butt whooped. All that little girl needed was to get her but whooped. Not beaten, not abused, just smacked. Btuseriously, someone said they've been unruly teenagers that don't act that bad? Thats bullsh*t. that little just didnt want that woman touching her. Lots of little kids throw fits when they dont want to be picked up or touched. And I agree, someone should have hugged her. Because it would have helped stop her from flailing her arms like thatm and probably would have calmed her down. Its a damn shame that no one knows how to control children anymore, to the point they have to have 3 officers involved. That sad thing is that she had been arrested before. Seriously, thats rediculous.

dang...handcuffs seems a bit harsh...unless they had consent from the parents...but i dunno what kind of parent would allow the cops to handcuff their 5 yr old

holy shit, i can picture some innocent 5 year old doing that.
geez... thats horrible >.<;;

Interesting...

Your most definitely right about the jolt hitting her at a certain point is fatal but I thought that American housholds run on 110volts and a frequency of 60(cycles per second)hertz. Maybe Im wrong. It could be Britian Im thinking of.

if the kid was kicking and biting then i woulda done the samething but dont know. I just think if the kid deserved it then the kid got it

Whoa... thats just taking it too far. Handcuffs on a 5-year-old girl??

oh like a little 5 year old can really hurt someone... that was uncalled for

i dont thiink its right that she got hand cuffed. i think she just needed a spanking. spankings arent considered abuse. so she needs a slap in the face to calm the fck down

i heard about that .. first off the teachers should of sat the child down and held her until she was quiet again .. calling the police was a lil too far .. and teh police went wayy to far ..come on know shes 5

i saw that on "todAY" but i have mixed feelings about this. i can see everyone's point of veiw here. becuase she didn't get hurt or anything and her mom couldn't come and get her and the teachers have strict intstrustions not to touch her. but the again she's 5 for pete's sake! she is a child! do they not believe in time outs anymore??

yea so i am not sure who's side i am on yet.

that clip was edited, you know that, right?




the acceptable range of americans homes is 110V- 130V, so appliances are designed for 120V. what's comming out of the socket should be 120V, but if it's not, then in that range.

i saw the video on the today show and omg that was no necessary esp. since when the police arrived she was sitting in a chair calm as ever. and it doesnt take 3 police to control a 5 year old

did the cops do something soo bad. i mena what if it was a first grader or a second, i eman it you hurt like 2 people you should liek have punishment but shes not going to jail is she?

I don't think it was going too far at all. Handcuffs are used as a restraint. She was totally out of control. To all the people who say she didn't know what she was doing because she's only 5-let me tell you right now your wrong. 5 yr olds have brains and they know how to use them. This probably happens a lot at her house and she finds it gets her what she wants.

Edit.
I did a little more research and found that the mother said she'd be there and the police wouldn't let the kid talk to her mom. I'll admit, they went a bit too far that time.

that is just crazy o_o