Inga Akins, 24, fired her lawyer after he released the video of her daughter's arrest to the St. Petersburg Times.
View video of assistant principal's office, arrival of police
Posted on 04/26/2005 5:02:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
View video of assistant principal's office, arrival of police
In an ideal world, this little girl should not have been handcuffed. She should have been given a good paddling on her bottom with a switch.
The video, said Matthew Felling, media director at The Center for Media and Public Affairs in Washington, D.C. .........***
Bump!
Also in an ideal world the parent would have supported the teacher/principal who administered the paddling.
With a name like "Ja'eisha" the kid never stood a chance.
"Instantly he felt that it smelled bad, but he wants to research it first," said his spokeswoman Rachel Nordlinger. "It could be a case of police brutality or a case of her civil rights being violated."
He's got to figure which case scenario will make him/mom the most money, before he procedes any further!
Take some friends.
Yes. After all, it is all about him.
Isn't the point here that the principals and teachers at that school had denied a transfer request several times before electing to begin punishing the child?
Looks like Florida's welfare programs will lose a cutomer. Societies parasite!!!!!!
It was reported (for what that's worth) that her feet were also tied with plastic ties. She must have been kicking too.
Oh no, this is terrible news. When this kid makes her first visit to Japan she will be identified right away and her trip will be ruined!
The mother was attempting to protect the rights of the other children. The principals and teachers have some other motive here that's not exactly clear.
The fact of the matter- this "little girl" had ZERO discipline at home, Zero respect for ANY authority (including her "mother"), and was completely and totally out of control. And according to an interview on FoxNews this AM, this was not the first time this girl had been in similar trouble and in fact had been called to deal with the 5 year old before. Even more damning - the "mother" had given specific instructions that school officials were to not touch the little girl.
Had I been the principal, I too would have called the police to handle the situation. Had the principal given appropriate punishment/discipline, the principal would be in jail.
So, to correct your statement for accuracy - "in an ideal world, this little girl should not have had to be handcuffed because a combination of effective school discipline policies and some kind of real parenting would have instilled a respect for the school and authorities."
Where's Dad?
Little terror! I remember being spanked on my butt for talking in Kindergarden! Racism my a**.
Watching Fox right now, Pinellas County School supervisor says mom was called and this "concerned" "mother" was busy, too busy to come to school, that it would take her at least an hour to an hour and a half to get there and help control her child. This woman should be slapped with impersonating a parent. And bet you dollars to doughnuts she's not married to Ja'eisha's father. People like this are the problem a hell of a lot more than police and school officials are. Discipline starts at HOME.
Meanwhile, the (disturbed) kid is nothing more than a legal lottery ticket.
If a motive isn't exactly clear how do you know that it exists? Furthermore, how do you know that transfer to another school or schools was requested. The accuracy of that statement has been denied by the school she attended.
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