http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/us/spring-valley-high-school-sc-officer-arrest.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=U.S.®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&assetType=nyt_now
The Sheriff has acted quickly to fire the officer whom violently manhandled a female at the high school. The Sheriff noted that while it does appear that the girl stuck the officer, or tried to, in the face, the Sheriff's Deputy did not follow the department's protocol.
OK, let's not get hung up that this teenager may be accurately categorized as a pain in the caboose. Certainly she was quite wrong to strike or otherwise put her hands on the Sheriff's Deputy. However, given the totality of the circumstances, the officer's conduct was outrageous. The pupil wasn't a grave threat to anyone in the class (including the teacher who stood there like he was comatose). I expect police officers to tackle and manhandle someone whom is a grave threat or whom attempts to escape capture; neither situation was present in the classroom on Monday. My question is, was the girl's conduct truly disruptive, or just obnoxious and annoying? How should teachers handle obnoxious and annoying students? I am of a mind to fire the teacher, too, or reassign him or re-train him. And...the girl and her parents need a very severe verbal dress-down.
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