Extremely disturbing video - hope this is not a repost

[bab]

This video shows a young child being handcuffed at school for misbehaving. He has ADHD.
I cry watching it because I think of my own daughter and how easily she can be misunderstood. I do think people need to be more aware of this kind of maltreatment of people with disabilities. It's fucking shameful!

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[themoneytree]

I can't watch it right now but this is terrifying to me.

[aussiecrush]

This is all over my fb feed today. My heart just hurts for these two kids and all those we don't know about.

[bab]

There are so many things I don't understand.

Why was law enforcement at the school?
Where was the teacher/principal/psychologist/social worker...basically any school staff. Where the hell were they?
I hope this fucker sees jail time.

[anlo]

Disgusting. Just ugh.

[killercupcake]

I saw this on the news today.

I would burn it down. the video sent me into a rage.

[anlo]

These kids (and their parents) go through so much without having to deal with this kind of bullshit. I can't even watch.

[bab]

It puts me in such a state of rage for this little boy and his family! My God! What could that piece of garbage say to defend his actions?

[bab]

Aug 3, 2015 23:09:04 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Who took the video?

I'm not blaming this person, just wondering what the whole story was. There's clearly another adult present who took video instead of stepping in.

Not sure if it's a person taping or a camera in the room. Some special needs classrooms are equipped with cameras

[bab]

Aug 3, 2015 23:09:03 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

this is horrifying.

so he just cuffed the poor boy and then stood back and watched him sob?

omg.

And verbally berated him while he writhed in pain. Think about having your biceps held behind you like that. It's a wonder he didn't pull his shoulder out of the socket. My daughter may have if she was restrained in that position. It's unconscionable.

[bab]

Aug 3, 2015 23:16:56 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

Aug 3, 2015 23:15:58 GMT -5 bab said:

And verbally berated him while he writhed in pain. Think about having your biceps held behind you like that. It's a wonder he didn't pull his shoulder out of the socket. My daughter may have if she was restrained in that position. It's unconscionable.

i'm not liking what you said, just agreeing with you about how unfathomable it is that a cop would do this to a kid.

LOL I got you

[olegregg]

WTF is going on here? I'm truly confused.

[my3boyz]

This sucks but I must say its a lot less traumatic than seeing the way they physically restrained my son when he was 6-7. It's so hard to deal with as a parent because the school holds all the power. The more you fight for your child the more punitive they get. We got caught in the merry go round and it sucked. Thank god we moved and he didn't have the same problems at his next school.


In case I wasn't clear, I don't think this is acceptable, the problem is that the restraints are often worse than this. Unless a kid has an actual weapon I don't think any elementary child should be physically restrained. It's certainly not going to solve the anxiety/stress/frustration that caused the outburst in the first place.

[killercupcake]

Aug 3, 2015 23:15:58 GMT -5 bab said:

Aug 3, 2015 23:09:03 GMT -5 @stilljustash said:

this is horrifying.

so he just cuffed the poor boy and then stood back and watched him sob?

omg.

And verbally berated him while he writhed in pain. Think about having your biceps held behind you like that. It's a wonder he didn't pull his shoulder out of the socket. My daughter may have if she was restrained in that position. It's unconscionable.

This is what I said to H. Not even looking at the purely fucked up aspect of handcuffing an 8 year old for being bad in class, what about the safety part?

I'm hoping whoever was taping was doing so for evidence purposes.

[bab]

Aug 3, 2015 23:19:09 GMT -5 olegregg said:

WTF is going on here? I'm truly confused.

Did you click on the video?

[olegregg]

Aug 3, 2015 23:24:37 GMT -5 bab said:

Aug 3, 2015 23:19:09 GMT -5 olegregg said:

WTF is going on here? I'm truly confused.

Did you click on the video?

I did. I'm just wondering why the hell law enforcement was there and no one protecting the kids. I'm horrified/shocked.

[gault]

I work in human services, helping individuals with disabilities, and DHS has a strict manual restraints policy. This seems to violate about a dozen standards. Asshole.

I'm not watching the video because I don't want to go to bed angry.