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Mom, 5-year-old girl in video fires lawyer, moving out of state
St. Petersburg Times ^ | April 26, 2005 | THOMAS C. TOBIN

Posted on 04/26/2005 5:02:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: browardchad

The little girl sure knew what police were.


21 posted on 04/26/2005 5:26:49 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: mickie
It is a shame they couldn't contact the mother before the police arrived.

They did contact her and told her that if someone wasn't done they were going to have to call the police in. She 'informed' them that she couldn't be there until 3:15.

22 posted on 04/26/2005 5:27:22 AM PDT by ShadowDancer (As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
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To: Dallas59

Also...the one police officer stated that she knew who he was...maybe this isn't the first time little Jakesha or whatever.


23 posted on 04/26/2005 5:28:09 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: proudofthesouth

It was reported on Fox and Friends this morning that the mother had given specific instructions to the school that no one was to put a hand on her daughter for any reason.

When i was a kid and got in trouble at school i got paddled and when i got home my Dad would paddle me again. I had very few temper tantrums.


24 posted on 04/26/2005 5:28:41 AM PDT by Hornet19 (Know what happens to a Democrat that takes Viagra? He just gets a little taller.)
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To: browardchad

You got it!!


25 posted on 04/26/2005 5:28:51 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Manic_Episode

Who is Dad?


26 posted on 04/26/2005 5:28:52 AM PDT by MudSlide
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To: SampleMan

I am torn. Obviously this child needs a good swat. She had absolutely no respect for adult authority. But to handcuff her seems a little severe. In addition to some discipline, she needs a mother who will not make exucuses for her bad behavior. It is a shame that such a cute little girl is out of control already.


27 posted on 04/26/2005 5:29:15 AM PDT by brwnsuga (Proud, Black, Conservative!)
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To: MudSlide
Correction! You mean the "babies daddy".
28 posted on 04/26/2005 5:30:36 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: browardchad
Meanwhile, the (disturbed) kid is nothing more than a legal lottery ticket.

I don't know if the child's disturbed or not. But it's clear she suffers from a lack of a father.

If I worked for that school district, I'd hire a private detective to film the mother. She's probably all kinds of an abusive/neglectful parent. Then the school district can threaten to call DHS unless she drops her lawsuit.

29 posted on 04/26/2005 5:30:44 AM PDT by old and tired
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To: brwnsuga

Had she been properly swatted, this may have been the only time she experienced "personal freedom" in school.


30 posted on 04/26/2005 5:31:46 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: whd23

You said: With a name like "Ja'eisha" the kid never stood a chance.

You are exactly right, but expect to be called a racist for saying it. The names given to some of these children doom them to a life in poverty and, well, just ugliness. There are stories galore about some of the names given to these innocent children, so I won't go into that, but names like these are symptomatic of separation from the mainstream of American culture. That may sound extreme, but I believe it is true. Who, blacks included, would use an accountant by the name of Ja'eisha? What corporation would elevate her to an executive position, regardless of her ability? What could her mother have been thinking? Obviously, she simply was NOT thinking. It might be different if her name meant anything in a language of her "native" Africa, but it does not. Lest anyone label ME racist, this phenomenon has an analog among some whites, with names given like Apple, River, etc. No one outside of show business would take people with such names seriously. Worse, the names encourage a certain separation from the mainstream, which in Ja'eisha's case, appears to have begun to work.

I'll save my opinions of this school "system" and its treatment of discipline problems for another rant. I guess the coffee is kicking in.


31 posted on 04/26/2005 5:31:51 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: em2vn
Let's hear it from the school district in court.

I will never understand why there are people in this country who always believe every initial disclaimer made by a government bureaucrat.

In my experience, the organizational spokesperson usually tells the biggest lies possible initially.

32 posted on 04/26/2005 5:31:54 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Typical liberal media-made story. An out of control kid and a parent who taught her how. Now they'll be cashing in on their "victimhood".

And by 12 years old this little girl will be in the juvenile justice system for violent crimes.


33 posted on 04/26/2005 5:32:24 AM PDT by MisterRepublican
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Rev. Al Sharpton would be coming to town

When all else fails, send in the clowns........

34 posted on 04/26/2005 5:32:37 AM PDT by Brett66 (W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
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To: SampleMan
The videotape shows the girl defying an assistant principal and another school staff member as she tore items off walls and swung at the educators. Later, it shows the girl in the assistant principal's office tearing items off a bulletin board, climbing on a table and swinging at the assistant principal numerous times. The video ends after about 28 minutes with the girl crying as three St. Petersburg police officers place her in handcuffs.

Time to videotape for 28 minutes, but no one would give the kid a swat on the butt and forcefully tell her to sit down and shut up. What a world of wonders.

No wonder some kids are so screwed up.

35 posted on 04/26/2005 5:33:08 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

The school had specific instructions from the "parent" not to touch her child!


36 posted on 04/26/2005 5:34:12 AM PDT by MudSlide
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To: MisterRepublican

....pregnant, STD ridden, raising one child from her 11th year, living with grandma and finding which apartment building has the best rap and drug dealers.


37 posted on 04/26/2005 5:35:31 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: brwnsuga
But to handcuff her seems a little severe.

Why? The mother abdicated her responsibilities. Then she told the school they were not to touch her child. Well, if her child is going to act out, the system kicks in. Guess what, you get out of control, and you've been left to the system, the cuffs go on. I am very sorry for this little girl, but not because she's been put in handcuffs. I'm sorry for her because she's got a irresponsible idiot for a mother.

38 posted on 04/26/2005 5:36:04 AM PDT by old and tired
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To: MudSlide

Well, that worked, didn't it? Most people who do not spank do not need to tell me. It is plenty obvious.


39 posted on 04/26/2005 5:37:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Grant no power to government you would not want your worst enemies to wield against you.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Why on earth would her lawyer release the video without her permission? Insane. Hope he has good malpractice insurance.


40 posted on 04/26/2005 5:37:40 AM PDT by Brilliant
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