That desk throw

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Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Enforcing policy is never going to be pretty. Someone suggested letting her finish the day at school, remain in class, and suspend her thereafter, denying her entry the next day so this desk toss standoff never happens.

If someone is going to continue being disruptive, I don't know what else you can do besides remove them. You can't let someone remain in class and dick around on their phone. Also, how do you deny entry the next day? That will require the use of force.

Has anyone who was inside the classroom come out and said that this officer stepped over the line? From what I've heard, the teacher, vice-principal (who was in the room), and one of the students who took a video all said they felt the officer acted appropriately for the situation. And given that none of the videos show the beginning of the altercation (from the time the disruption first occurred), it's impossible to judge whether the call to use force was prudent.

Incidentally, if it does come to light that the student wasn't really being disruptive and shouldn't have been removed from the class, that's not on the cop. That's on the teacher + vice-principal who were in the room. The cop gets called in and told to remove someone. He's outranked in that situation and he doesn't get to make the decision to judge whether the student should be removed from the room/school property.