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Let's get this straight. The school called the police to arrest a 6 year old because she had a tantrum. If you can't handle a kid having a tantrum well then maybe working in a primary school isn't the best job for you.
I think it is harder these days as teachers can't really touch the kid such as restraining them or what is needed to subdue them. However, calling the police sounds ridiculous. Maybe the child was really lashing out at the teacher and other kids.
@@ayansaid788 Another example of the incompetence of the United States’s Educational System is when a boy from California was arrested for skipping 90 minutes of Zoom class. I’m pretty sure that’s veeerrrryyy faaaaiiirr...
@@aluminiumbird5113 That could be a sign of family trouble, like the heat being off, in the dead of winter. Say in that case, it is a problem with money, and negotiating the system with utilities. And that is where a social worker as a go between could help solve a family issue. But in more serious cases, the child's absence could be due to serious abuse, or neglect issues. Say the mother is out, on drug binges. In my duties, as a social worker, there was one mother missing for months. Later, her body was found in the house of a serial killer, with like, 8 other murdered women. You can find this woman's son, as an adult, talking about his life with her, in a documentary here on RU-vid.
@ That's like claiming a parent should just let their child touch a burning stove without any effort to warn or stop them. Okay, yeah, if they get burned they're never going to forget it. But humans have ears, and brains, and by the time a kid is a few years old, they realize injuries hurt them...they don't have to literally have their hand on the stove to know how to be careful. Kids are going to have enough pain and difficulties in life no matter how much we want to protect them, there's no sense in actively adding to that by subjecting them to abuse by police at a young age.
@@miscpersonalities you can sue for harrassment my guy. Im sure youre not rich but if you ever win the lottery you can take it right back to the school XD
Jammas Chan Arresting a child over a tantrum? A tantrum????? I’ve bit a child in preschool and I wasn’t arrested. This is blatant racism and traumatization of a younger generation. Don’t excuse their actions.
@@lmaf132 Um did the video say only black kids are arrested? nope. So, there is no proof its racism. If you find evidence, I would gladly agree. You bit another kid. You werent arrested. Great. I agree that kids shouldnt be arrested for that. I literally said calling the police on a kid is a problem in my comment if you read it carefully.
But it’s all to do with race, as you Americans call ethnicity. It’s because black children are misunderstood by white teachers and police, with a terrible education system initially created to exclude and discriminate against them and ever since they’ve forced into horrible situations as a result. You’re entirely missing the point, bruv.
@@walterzamalis4846 thats str8 facts dude!!🙏🏾💯 but i see there isn’t enough blck ppl in the comments😂; but ignoring the factor of race in this situation IS missing the point entirely!!!🙌🏾
@Henry Fidel but it's the racist system. If you had zero racists in the system, it would still be racist. What America needs is an overhaul of the racist laws that have contributed to what is happening to black children.
US: A 6 year old having a tantrum is concidered a threat, and needs to be handcuffed and taken away from the school. Where i live: A 6 year old having a tantrum gets sent to the principal's office, has a good talk, and goes back to class, with a quick message given to let the parents know what happened when the kid arrives home.
@@night6724 so your saying " it's ok "to call the police on "6 years old" who had a tantrum, and the reason she had tantrum it's bc she developed a bad attitude bc of there black cultural and rap?? hmmmm 🤔🙄🙄
But where you live is exactly how it is here in the US well for me and like all the schools I went to no kids absolutely zero kids I've seen were handcuffed even the ones that bullied an autistic kid and caused a fight
@@night6724 I don’t know if you you know this but you are displaying extreme ignorance and honestly I hope you never end up in a position of power with a mindset like that. If you were a judge you would punish black people harder, if you were a banker you would denie black people loans and as a teacher you would provide unequal opportunity for your students.
The handcuffs are visually upsetting, sure, but they're not the main thing that's going wrong here. The bigger issue is that neither the school nor the police (and this isn't a police matter to start with, but let's place that aside) waited for the child's parent(s) or other responsible adult to arrive, if they even contacted such people at all. In a frankly terrible hypothetical scenario where you'd have to choose, it's better to handcuff the child and take them to the police station accompanied by a parent than to not handcuff them and take them to the police station on their own.
@@Arthur-rh9tf kids at my school used to fight and even throw bricks at each other and in every case the only person responsible was the parent of the child that got in a fight... how hard can a 6 year old hit someone anyway
I can only imagine being a 5 year old getting arrested. Kids that age don’t even understand life, they’re just starting. Most view police as people who help protect. This is just awful :(
Trust it’s much more uncomfortable to live through it as a child, have to unlearn it in college, and then only see now that the system’s always been the true problem and not us kids like they drilled into us.
The police had to be called on a freaking 6 year old for throwing a tantrum? Are you kidding me? All they had to do was call the parents to the school to take the child home. It didn't have to rise to the panic level of calling the authorities. And the police cuffing her like she's dangerous? That was ridiculous as I don't know what.
You assume the parents actually care or are able to tend to the call from the school... you also assume that a child doesn't have the ability to hurt an adult, which they do. When angry, some kids can act poseced, and can do the most ruthless, dangerous stuff. What do you then?
@@djbis i had to check your page to see why you think that calling a police on a 6 year old 'Black' child was ok then i found the reason. Seems about white.
@@__nog642 right, so you assume this child was being watched carefully by an adult. And let's not forget that children bite, scratch and can still inflict damage even at a young edge. The parents should deal with it, and not the police, I agree! But then we are assuming that there are responsible parents there to educate and oversee their child's discipline. I have seen kids in public places do some pretty violent stuff, and race makes no difference here.
I can’t believe that some of those police officers can actually do that, how can they sleep at night? How can they even think they’re doing the right thing.
There are plenty of corrupt police, but also plenty of police who simply have to do what they’re told to keep their job. Not every cop enjoys or thinks they’re doing the right thing in cases like this
Quite how arresting a Primary School Child for being naughty isn’t immediately seen as ludicrous is beyond me. Here in Britain we have an expression of exasperation, “Only in America!”
a six year old being pu in handcuffs and told they're being arrested? for kicking? that's normal six-year-old tantrum behavior. calling parents for an explanation shouldve been the most extreme action, not charging the kid for misdemeanors!
@@mragunathan1627...bruh that's how every country in the world operated in the past millenia...Why do you make it sound like that factor only applies to America?
…why would you suspend a student from school, like, ever, and throw away your ability to educate? Nobody should be suspended unless they're outright threatening the school's safety.
Kids misbehaving every day in a classroom actively harms the education of the other students, many teachers in the trenches see suspension as a tradeoff to save good kids who can make it by removing the bad influence problem kids interrupting the class. Teachers are not trained or paid nearly well enough to deal with all the psychological baggage a lot of these problem kids come with (poverty, gang culture, physical abuse, drugs, etc.), we like to believe in all those "how can i reach these keeedz" success story movies but the real world isn't like that.
Thats where ISS and OSS comes into play. Dunno why OSS is so common. In-school is way more effective, because they still have a classroom setting of sorts.
I have read about this in my Early Childhood Education classes as well as heard personal accounts and it really breaks my heart. I heard someone spent weeks in the principals office with only packets of work to do. Thats not an education.
I'm so glad I don't live in America. We have race issues here in the UK with things like unwarranted stops and searches but my god... To arrest a six year old over a tantrum, and hearing her cry like that, it makes me shudder.
@Pandanator ah, and the fact that black people are more likely to be raised in single mother, unstable households with low community support and lack of opportunities.. That's not due to systemic racism at all? Is that because black people "choose" to be single mothers more than white people? Just like women "choose" to stay home or "choose" not to work in STEM fields as much. Gosh, I'd love to be able to be as blind as that, but alas, the world's a lot less nice than it pretends to be dear.
Parents need to discipline their children. These parents, especially on the left, refuse to teach their kids discipline! Make a mistake, go to jail. Simple concept.
But the school principal was black and the police officer was black. Wouldn't call that racist if they're doing it to their own skin colors. I'll more likely say it's a problem with child rearing, parents need to be involved with their kids more - you can't trust others to discipline your child with the same patience and love as you. The school should have called the parents to come collect the kids not the cops.
MotherTouching-Ninjas From my understanding it’s more a class based discrimination there where people are more likely to view you in a certain way depending on upbringing. Also I’m sure the Uk as similarities to other European countries in that people don’t discriminate against you because you’re black but may do so because you are Finnish. Edit: just an example
Ruchir Patel the Yes but we don’t discriminate, the ordinary person that is, but we have racist hate groups pretty much every country has those though.
Everyone: humanity is great Humanity: kills even other, unslaves each other people of skin color, beats child if they wrote with their left hand, etc...
What we are not seeing is the reason why these extreme measures must be taken. Vox wants you to believe that the police were called for no reason. What about the 29 other children that do not get to learn anything because one student refuses to follow the rules. What about those kids, do they have any rights?
*I mean India is one of the harshest and regressive education system, but even Indian teachers realize that police and students are two very different groups of people.* Talking back to teachers would get you slapped and teacher would phone the parents. But you'll definitely not be sent to correction centres or jail.
“Hey man what are you in prison for, what was your crime?” “Defending myself from a bully who probably (they didn’t give us much information on how the bully attacked so I am just assuming) violently attacked me and the school had to be sent to a criminal court when I was just 12 years old.”
As an african myself I'm so glad to live in europe where I'm able to study at a university (for free!) and don't have to face systematic racism like that in the USA. The history of the US and the country itself really makes me sick
I am speaking from India. In my country, when you kick a teacher, all you get is continuous standing punishment. In that you have to stand in the class for 1/2 hour, but you can still answer questions, etc. Parents still consider that bad enough. If you even try to hold the hand of the the child in a bit strong way, you're gonna get a 20% salary cut. Hitting will get you fired. And if you call the police and they hear the sound of the child crying, they're not coming to arrest the child but you. And if you even say that you're putting handcuff of student, the parents organize a revolt. And in America....
Doesn't matter India is the most racist country in the world. Adding on that caste discrimination, religious persecutions and the most unsafe country in the world for women according to Thomas Reuters foundation.
Doesn't regularly happen in America, but Americans don't make fun of when something terrible happens in India. E.g. Priyenka Reddi case, Sushant murder, etc.
The truth is we need far MORE discipline in the schools. We need to build reform military type schools for those that can't behave to give the kids that want to learn the environment they need.
Why isn’t this clip shown at the presidential debate. Then ask what their thoughts are? America as a country is ok with this. Otherwise it wouldn’t happen.
I remember when I transferred to a new school in 10th grade my first class my teacher said “I cant wait to give you your first detention” mind you i was very quiet and didn’t know anyone.
As someone who is in school like a lot of others, minority kids aren’t given the same punishment as “privileged” kids, but they’re given less punishment. I think that it’s pretty ridiculous that Vox has the nerve to make this video when minority kids are given less punishment.
I mean, Vox is a company with over 1000 employees and holds over 6 companies below them, all of which make a profit of at least 1 million USD/year. Then, you, someone still currently in school, gives anecdotal, extremely limited evidence as if that changes anything.
I got suspended for being 15 minutes late to school and not having on the uniform shirt. What actually happened was I missed my school bus and had to run to metro bus (public transportation) stop in order to even make it there. If I had not I would have been more than an hour late by time the next bus came. It was hot that day so I took off the thick school polo until I got to campus and stop being sweaty. As soon as I walked into building they rounded up everyone that was late that day because a lot of people were still in halls after first period bell. They decided to make an example out of everyone to warn the other students. I never had been in any trouble ever at school and had good grades. I was in the biotech special classes called (IB) and wanted to attend an Ivy League. I cried and beg them not to suspend me because a suspension would look bad for colleges. They turned my original 1 day into a week for “theatrics”/“causing a scene”. After that I stop caring as much about school. I felt like my chances of getting into a top school were ruined. I did end up going to college finally though but at 23 after years of being talked down to by people not smarter than me while working minimal wage jobs. I graduated with a 3.73 gpa in biological engineering. But I always wonder what would have happened had I just made that bus that day. How much further along in life I could have been. I’m definitely not blameless in how I handled the situation after but at 15 my thought processes weren’t perfect, one bad moment felt like my life was over at the time.
@@cleorandall2444 It’s always weird to me when people talk about Hispanic people, me and my whole family are Hispanic and all our family friends and their family’s mostly are too, I don’t know any one scared of police, we are all taught to treat them with great respect and don’t be “friendly” per se with them, be professional. Are you Hispanic? Maybe my view is different it’s just because I don’t live in the poorest Hispanic areas, though to be honest it’s not exactly very nice either.
What the video didn't mention is the ending of the first story. I thought he was fired after that. Because he didn't ask permission from his supervisor to arrest the kid. They need permission to arrest someone under 13. That's what I heard.
I feel so privileged because I never knew that kind of thing happened before watching this video. In my school, the only reason to call the police for a student was if this student was selling drugs or got on a serious fight, but that was really rare...
@@lemmino1846 in my country, there is a saying. "Quem diz a verdade não merece castigo." The meaning roughly translates to "Those who say the truth deserve no punishment." I think it applies here.
I mean it's sadly true though.. I got bullied in middle school, and they did nothing. But once I kicked someone in self defense, they called my parents🙄
I am a kindergarten teacher and I have been for the last 6 years and I work with ages from 1 to 6. I have been punched kicked pinched and screamed at and I have never even thought of calling the police. I deal with it with kindness but firmness !! I am the adult
Off topic but I've so much respect for you guys. Not only do y'all teach some actual useful stuff that's gonna help us in life but are also able to handle a bunch of 10-15 toddlers all at once, even including the tantrums that they normally do, and maybe even better than some parents would do. I wish you guys were highly paid and appreciated so much more.
@@jdl13b I’m a HS teacher at a private boarding school that I live at. A 14 year old got in trouble in my class and walked with me to my house to discuss it. We weren’t able to see eye to eye on the situation and I told him that my mind was made up and I was writing him up. I go inside my house and he starts knocking on my door and calling my name after I tell him to leave. As frustrated as I was, I was not about about to call the cops on a 14 year old and shortly after he left to avoid getting in more trouble.
Well in india you are not taught pinch punch or kick like that if you do parents will reprimand u hard and we can't even think of doing that to teachers I think somewhere parents in America need to be strict which I common here in East that's y we don't insult our teachers
Don't teachers in US have loco parentis? Why aren't they accompanying the kids to jail? They're letting strangers kidnap and violate the children, rather than teach them how to defuse the situation, be tolerable, act decently and be civil, understanding, and compassionate.
Honestly, it's pretty ridiculous that American schools use "suspensions" as a punishment. It's exactly what the misbehaving kids want and the opposite of what they need
Exactly. Even as a very young kid, suspensions and sending people out of class never made sense to me because, surely that’s exactly what they want? You’re not teaching them a lesson, you’re trying to make your job easier. Instead of figuring out what the problem is, you just choose to ignore them and focus on the (most likely) smarter kids. As the cycle continues, smarter kids get smarter and dumber kids get dumber - not to mention the sort of mental health problems that could be related.
@@tmatthews0007 At 0:42 they literally say Orlando and Orlando is written on the police uniforms. Why do you blame California and New York without evidence? What's your problem with these states?
@@tmatthews0007 did you not see the video? they didn't mention a single northern town, actually the places they did mention were in Texas and Florida, and thats the south
@@jusletursoulglobaby that's Bad thinking. Think about the Money you have lost due to the trauma being part of your life for the Rest of your Life, Plus the time Investment.
Quickly make an r/AskReddit post named "You stand accused of throwing a temper tantrum at school this evening. How do you defend yourself?" and then choose the best one.
@Not Suspicious Human even if "being white does nothing for you", the fact that black people are punished more severely is still apparent. Not being punished as severely seems like it's doing something for you.
@ that’s not what I mean tamper tantrums are some what you punish the kid by time out or by taking away recess not by calling the police she’s a little kid
4 года назад
@@cyberpoint9582 Zero tolerance applies to everyone or to no one.
@ there are multiple ways you can discipline a child though. I don't think being handcuffed by the police is helpful. It's traumatising actually. The emotions the child experiences will be way too intense for any sort of introspection to take place. Of course the child should face consequences for kicking people, but involving the police (who should be spending their time better) is moronic.
4 года назад
@@cheeseballs4255 Sounds like: "HE A GUD BOY!" but with extra words.
I had several tantrums as a kid and probably kicked my parents when my tantrums were really bad (sorry mom and dad). 2 parents. TWO people were able to get my tantrums to stop. But several teaches felt the need to call a *POLICE OFFICER* on a child. Disgusting
Why didn't they call the parents though? And if this was a repeat thing why didn't they suspend or expel the child and be done with it? Why involve the police in a school matter? It's not like the child had a weapon and was threatening the lives and safety of everyone around her. This move was absolutely baffling.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the video didn't go into details about the case. What if the bully was saying mean things about his mom and the other guy stabbed him 16 times in the neck. Yeah, defending himself, but that's a bit overboard.
Let me guess, the BULLY WAS A WHITE CHILD FROM A RACIST HOUSEHOLD? Children are not born racist, it is taught through those closest to them. People, environment,. It's systemic
Where I'm from, outside the US, if anyone called the cops because they can't handle a 6 year old here's what might happen : -A sane adult would dissuade them. -No Cop or dispatcher would ever consider going, sending anyone. -If anything, that'd be seen as child abuse and the adults calling would at least lose their job. *That wouldn't happen in my country and we never called ourselves the Land of the Free.*
