Associated Press – Monday, April 16, 2012 …
In this Monday, April 16, 2012 image made from video and provided by WMAZ-13 TV, kindergartner Salecia Johnson, 6, is shown at her home near Milledgeville, Ga. Police in Georgia handcuffed the kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum, and the police chief is making no apologies. Johnson is accused of tearing items off the walls and throwing furniture at school in the central Georgia city of Milledgeville. The police report says the girl knocked over a shelf that injured the principal. (AP Photo/WMAZ-13 TV) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this Monday, April 16, 2012 image made from video and provided by WMAZ-13 TV, kindergartner Salecia Johnson, 6, is shown at her home near Milledgeville, Ga. Police in Georgia handcuffed the kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum, and the police chief is making no apologies. Police in Georgia handcuffed the kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia handcuffed a kindergartner after the girl threw a tantrum and the police chief defended the action. The girl's family demanded Tuesday that this central Georgia city change policy so that other children aren't treated the same way. They say the child was shaken up by being put in a cell at the police station.
Salecia Johnson, 6, was accused of tearing items off the walls and throwing furniture in an outburst Friday at Creekside Elementary School, Macon television station WMAZ-TV (http://on.wmaz.com/HPb7nr ) reported. Police said the girl knocked over a shelf that injured the principal.
The school called police. The police report says when an officer tried to calm the child in the principal's office, she resisted and was handcuffed. The girl was charged with simple assault and damage to property. Police Chief Dray Swicord says the department's policy is to handcuff people in certain situations. "Our policy states that any detainee transported to our station in a patrol vehicle is to be handcuffed in the back and there is no age discrimination on that rule," Milledgeville Police Chief Dray Swicord told WMAZ.
The girl's aunt, Candace Ruff, went with the child's mother to pick her up from the police station. She Salecia was by herself in a holding cell and complained about the handcuffs. "She said they were really tight. She said they really hurt her wrists," Ruff told the Associated Press. "She was so shaken up when we went there to pick her up." Officials at Creekside Elementary did not immediately return calls Tuesday. "We would not like to see this happen to another child, because it's horrifying. It's devastating," Ruff said.
Information from: WMAZ-TV, http://www.wmaz.com/
MTW- Is the rest of the World seeing this? The Land of the Free my ass. If they did this to my child, I would be the one in jail; however, my child would not be in this position to begin with. Where are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in all of this? Meanwhile, the Country is more worried about some Obama Secret Servicemen, and some Military Officers whom have misbehaved down in Colombia screwing around, and are too cheap to pay the lady the 47 dollars she had coming. If you do not pay, do not Pley. Club Pley that is. In their defense, as many trips as the President and his wife take, these poor guys must not be able to sustain any normal relationship. I do not know. It is alright for Bill Clinton to fornicate in the Oval Office, but the people who protect these men cannot have a good time where it is legal? Do you think that this embarrassing event for Colombia will earn Obama the Latino vote? On behalf of those average Americans who feel the way I do, Colombia, my apologies for our embarrassing, sorry excuse for a President; do not be ashamed of the media coverage, it makes our current Administration look very foolish, not you. Things sure are going downhill very quickly here. I know, it would seem I got off topic. It is very hard not to these days. Peace.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
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