(US) 5 year old handcuffed and arrested

zero_hope

A 5 year old kid with ADHD was arrested after he kicked a police officer at school. Put in handcuffs etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wqFU6mRWYr0 Why does these insane things always seem to happen in America?

Grindylow

I wonder who he rang with his one phonecall from prison..

Jesus Wept

Why did the officer feel the need to touch the kid? Daft ****.

Edit: Shannon Canon? Are you 4realzies?

smk89

ADHD doesn't excuse being a prick.

Grindylow

smk89 wrote: »

ADHD doesn't excuse being a prick.

Because a 5 year old clearly knows all the rights and wrongs of the world..

TeddyTedson

Pretty stupid of the school to bring in the police to try and scare him anyway in the first place.

Jumpy

Why handcuffs? Surely the officer had pepper spray.

mikom

Grindylow wrote: »

Because a 5 year old clearly knows all the rights and wrongs of the world..

Well he knows a few now.

The right to remain silent.
The right to an attorney.

zero_hope

If I personally did the same thing with a 5 year old kid who kicked me in the knee I would probably be arrested on assault charges and rightfully so.

IHeartChemistry

In all fairness, he's 5. Cut the kid some slack. We all kicked up shiit when we were that age. And if any of you say you were good little angels when you was a kid...I dont believe you :cool:

To add ADHD onto the mix...its pretty crap. If any of you read up on hyperactivity and the other behaviours of ADHD you'd know.

Poor lil bugger though. But I have to admit...it's pretty hilarious being able to say in years to come ''Hey guys, guess what! I got arrested when I was 5 :cool:''. It'll earn him some brownie points among his peers in a few years time!

acidskiffle

Bit outrageous alright.
Might learn him some manners though?
Less painful than the wooden spoon anyway.

naasface

ADHD or BOLD?

Lapin

naasface wrote: »

ADHD or BOLD?

Take this advice mate

IHeartChemistry wrote: »

If any of you read up on hyperactivity and the other behaviours of ADHD you'd know.

Its more than just a spelling difference.

Morag

What the fúck, there's no way I'd want any of my kids to be talked to by a cop with out me being present. The kid is 5 and the school tried to scare him into behaving better?
And what sort of an idiot arrests a 5 year old, zip strips them and takes them any where with out contacting the parents never mind taking the kid to a mental hospital.

I hope that family can find away to sue the school district and the police dept, it's the only way they those morons get the message.

fend

Grindylow wrote: »

I wonder who he rang with his one phonecall from prison..

Santa? He usually sorts naughty from nice at this time of year :rolleyes:

up for anything

FFS! I would have been put on death row for biting a nun when I was 4 and biting the dentist when I was 7 - repeat offender. :eek::rolleyes:

Ellis Dee

Kids like that used to end up in Artane or Daingean in Ireland in the old days. The Christian Buggers in would have known how to deal with a little brat like him.:):):)

Hobbes

This has happened before IIRC, some years ago to a 5 year old girl.

Gummy Panda

Is there a insurance rule for that police department that anyone in the back needs to be in handcuffs?

Crazy though

TheZohanS

If you cant do the time dont do the crime.

AnonoBoy

Kid probably had it coming.

Dionysus

zero_hope wrote: »

A 5 year old kid with ADHD was arrested after he kicked a police officer at school. Put in handcuffs etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wqFU6mRWYr0 Why does these insane things always seem to happen in America?

So not only was this 5-year-old handcuffed before being found guilty of something (which equally incomprehensibly happens with adults in Ireland), but he has his name publicised in the national media. Disgusting.

In school we were told that a foundation stone of the legal system in civil and common law countries was the Roman law principle of 'innocent until proven guilty'. So much for that myth.

Kasabian

I am just glad it didn't turn into a shoot out. Armed kids is a big thing in the US.

Dionysus

Kasabian wrote: »

Armed kids is a big thing in the US.

It's not really. But the media is.

44leto

5 year olds can be demons, I have often felt like having my nephew arrested. I should be allowed, let them baby sit the bundle of joy for a while.

He's great really.

Riddle101

Today he's assualting cops. In five years time he may very well progress to killing them. This cop killer needs to be kept behind bars for his entire life.

*Cue Halloween Theme*

Cianos

If you think that's bad there was this story recently about a 6 year old being charged with first degree sexual assault and probably being put on the sex offenders list for playing doctor with a 5 year old girl :eek:

stoeger

When i was at school there was no such thing as a d h d you were just bold i think alot of people say that there child has adhd as an excuse for been a brat l no there at some genuine cases but come on it seems very second kid has it .

Lord Trollington

Rumour has it he has a list the length of his arm.

Spent 3 hours in the corner after pulling his sisters hair last year. Got 2 hours on the naughty step for not eating his veg the night before.

The scumbag had it coming to him. The world's a safer place with him locked up I tells ya.

R P McMurphy

stoeger wrote: »

When i was at school there was no such thing as a d h d you were just bold i think alot of people say that there child has adhd as an excuse for been a brat l no there at some genuine cases but come on it seems very second kid has it .

Probably is used a little excessively alright, especially if you see a kid glugging a can of coke, then eating some junk and then catapult into hyperactivity, kind of like a home boy on angel dust

Lord Trollington

The parents of a Grant County boy who authorities have accused of first-degree sexual assault for playing doctor with a 5-year-old girl when he was 6 years old have filed a federal lawsuit against the county's district attorney, a social worker and a former Sheriff's Office investigator.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Madison, seeks $12 million in damages for alleged violations of the constitutional rights of the boy and his parents.
It names as defendants Grant County District Attorney Lisa Riniker, as well as Jan Moravits, a social worker with Grant County Social Services, and recently retired Grant County Sheriff's Sgt. James Kopp.

Tomah attorney Richard Radcliffe, who is representing Riniker, Radcliffe and Kopp, did not return a call for comment Wednesday.
Chief Deputy Jack Johnson of the Grant County Sheriff's Department said he has not seen the lawsuit and declined comment.
Among the suit's claims is that the boy was selectively accused of a felony for playing doctor with the daughter of a Grant County political figure. It also alleges that the investigations by Kopp and Moravits were haphazard and biased in favor of the girl's father because of his political status and that Riniker did not act reasonably in charging a 6-year-old with first-degree sexual assault.

"I think his life has been ruined, and I think it's been ruined by reckless conduct by the defendants without any regard for the little boy and his future," said Chicago attorney Christopher Cooper, who is representing the boy and his parents in the lawsuit.
The boy, who is now 7 and has a developmental disability, has been diagnosed with stress disorders that medical professionals attribute to the defendants' actions, according to the suit. He has experienced fear of going to jail, as well as anxiety, depression, sleepless nights, vomiting, crying and missed school time.

The lawsuit also asks that a judge issue a permanent injunction to stop Riniker's "attempts to coerce" the boy's parents into forcing the boy to admit guilt.
The boy — who under Wisconsin law is too young to be charged with a crime or in a juvenile delinquency petition, the equivalent of a criminal complaint for adults — was accused of first-degree sexual assault in a petition seeking protection or services for the boy. Such petitions are typically used by parents or authorities to identify children younger than 10 who need services to change inappropriate behavior.

According to the petition for protection or services, the girl's mother found her daughter in the boy's yard "with her skirt and underpants around her ankles" and the boy sitting underneath her, penetrating her with his finger.

The girl told her mother they were playing "butt doctor" and told authorities the boy only touched her on the outside of her body, court documents state.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Snakeblood

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Probably is used a little excessively alright, especially if you see a kid glugging a can of coke, then eating some junk and then catapult into hyperactivity, kind of like a home boy on angel dust

Sugar has no effect on hyperactivity, y'know. The caffeine does. But kids just go mental because they're mental.

Grindylow

Grindylow wrote: »

I wonder who he rang with his one phonecall from prison..

Probably Elmo.

DublinWriter

zero_hope wrote: »

Put in handcuffs etc.

...am I the only one here thinking how handcuffs could fit a 5-year old?

Snakeblood

DublinWriter wrote: »

...am I the only one here thinking how handcuffs could fit a 5-year old?

That's creepy.

Lapin

stoeger wrote: »

When i was at school there was no such thing as a d h d you were just bold i think alot of people say that there child has adhd as an excuse for been a brat l no there at some genuine cases but come on it seems very second kid has it .

There was. It probably went undiagnosed in the kids that had it in your class. Dunno how long since you were at school, but methods of diagnosing ADHD have improved in recent years. (More slowly in Ireland than elsewhere).

Using ADHD as an excuse for being a brat doesn't wash. There is a big difference between a child acting the maggot and a child that has genuine symptoms of ADHD.

The figures are closer to 1 in 11 than 'every second kid' with a much higher incidence in boys than girls.

flutterflye

My son has adhd.
I sometimes wish I could handcuff him somewhere.
I'd just like to be able to do something small, like making tea, or filling the dishwasher, without him destroying the place.

John Doe1

Fair play to the cop, as we all know 5 year old are the real menace to society

hidinginthebush

Grindylow wrote: »

I wonder who he rang with his one phonecall from prison..

"I call the Flintstones phone!"

"Yaba-dabba-do, I like talkin to you!"

the purple tin

Shannon Cannon .
Firing people across Irelands longest river for over a quarter of a century.

Immaculate Pasta

And that's the end of that chapter...

CrazyRabbit

DublinWriter wrote: »

...am I the only one here thinking how handcuffs could fit a 5-year old?

Oh it's no problem at all. You can get miniature ones from www. ....erm, never mind.

flutterflye

flutterflye wrote: »

My son has adhd.
I sometimes wish I could handcuff him somewhere.
I'd just like to be able to do something small, like making tea, or filling the dishwasher, without him destroying the place.

LOL, I remember those days, my son had it when he was a kid. Couldnt turn your back for a second. Poked holes in plasterwork, to see how the wall worked... pulled up floorboards to see what was under them, chewed a lightbulb from a small torch, to see what it would feel like..
Not too mention taking apart any electrical appliance in the house :p

vampire of kilmainham

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Rumour has it he has a list the length of his arm.

Spent 3 hours in the corner after pulling his sisters hair last year. Got 2 hours on the naughty step for not eating his veg the night before.

The scumbag had it coming to him. The world's a safer place with him locked up I tells ya.

believe only your own eyes and not the voices of others

Logical Fallacy

Grindylow wrote: »

I wonder who he rang with his one phonecall from prison..

Elmo.