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Cops charge 8-year-old with felony battery. Over crayons.

blogs.usatoday.com — "WBBH-TV says a fight over crayons led to felony charges against an 8-year-old boy in Fort Myers, Fla. The second-grader was charged with aggravated battery after a teacher told police that he hit some of his classmates and then punched his teacher during a violent outburst at Royal Palm Exceptional School."

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  • nmalhot, on 04/26/2008, -10/+79felony on an 8 year old??? the world just get's more stupid day by day :(
    • Piontek, on 04/26/2008, -23/+19correction: USA just gets more stupid day by day
      • DigiRaven, on 04/26/2008, -3/+14Correction: The World is getting more stupid day by day.
        • loroleg, on 04/26/2008, -0/+6Correction: The stupid are getting more stupid day by day and everyone else is paying.
        • Carlix, on 04/26/2008, -2/+2Correction: USA Law Enforcers are becoming more stupid day by day.
        • jimmick, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1Being a member of the world
          - Correction, DICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICKDICK
      • JoelBakan01, on 04/26/2008, -2/+2I think the USA is the definition of stupid at this point.

        Stupid, n. see USA
    • KMartSheriff, on 04/26/2008, -9/+4Nah guys, this is totally rational and not illogical in any way.
      • KMartSheriff, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3What, that wasn't sarcastic enough?
    • nikkesen, on 04/26/2008, -3/+6Wow. And to think, for punching a peer on two separate instances within 2 days, I only got a week's detention. Which was fine by me because I didn't have to freeze during lunch hour! :D (This is when I was in grade 5... back in 1993/94). How times have changed.
    • commenter01, on 04/26/2008, -6/+7just shoot the little bastard.
    • Radan, on 04/26/2008, -0/+12How is this even possible? I didn't even know it was possible to press charges against a minor in the US. Here in Sweden, the parents are responsible for their children's actions up until the children reach the age of 15.
      • Nevarius, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Odd isn't it? Some parents create little monsters and unleash them into society, yet take no responsibility of what their dysfunctional parenting does. The grandmothers response in the article says much.
        "If he was overpowering her that much, I feel like she shouldn't be in that line of work," his grandmother, Dorothy Williams, tells the station. "If she can't deal with him, put him in someone else's classroom. If it's a male, whatever, and let them restrain him," she adds.
    • DigiRaven, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5The kid should have been bitch slapped and have his parents called to take him home. Police was a waste of tax payers money for that stupid call.
    • senatorpjt, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3Florida doesn't count.
    • se1zure, on 04/26/2008, -2/+2If by the age of 8 he doesn't know better than to hit an adult, then the kid deserves something this severe.
    • sinisterouge, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1this was clearly the kid from the I ***** LOVE COLORING!!!! picture
  • TheThirdLevel, on 04/26/2008, -8/+42We charge felonies on 8 year olds and taze people just for the hell of it....what is this world coming to?
    • lazyrussian, on 04/26/2008, -5/+12Police State.
    • Crozz, on 04/26/2008, -11/+8Correction again: what is the USA coming to.
      • verkon, on 04/26/2008, -8/+4Thought the same, over in Europe, we don't have the same kind of problems. Dugg me down.
        • jp12380, on 04/26/2008, -0/+4Yeah, you just have thugs that beat people to death that is all.

          Not to say that I don't think this is ridiculous, it is. He maybe needs discipline at home or councling
          ings but not a felony, next thing you know they are going to charge him as an adult.
        • Silentnite85, on 04/26/2008, -0/+6Fine. Europe doesn't have the SAME kind of problems, but don't act like you aren't without your own. I've heard about some crazy ***** going on across the water, and this holier-than-thou attitude towards Americans for some crazy ass stories just doesn't make sense. Yeah we have quite a bit of ***** going on, but the problem is global, not just in America. Maybe if you realize that now, you might have a chance of fixing something in your own neck of the woods. Instead of letting it start the slide we did.
        • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -0/+4Silent, didn't you know that it's "cool" to hate America now?
          • Silentnite85, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Sorry, I've always been bad at knowing what's cool.
            Any chance we can end the association of Bush=America? That'd be great.
          • TheThirdLevel, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2If that happened the world would be slightly sane. Sorry, can't happen.
      • djholybolt, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3Correction again: What is this world coming to?
    • TheThirdLevel, on 04/26/2008, -4/+0Considering the influence the U.S. has on the world, it's a matter of time before the "End of ze world" flash becomes a fulfilled prophecy.
    • DigDugDigger, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Law enforcement is being ran more and more like a business, instead of a public service.
      • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Blame the school who called the cops, rather than the parents. The kid should be suspended, and the parents should hve to pay for private school or keep him home.
    • Kyderdog, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1No just FlorDOH.
      Did this pass this law in a midnight session of the florDOH Congress.
  • Nachoes, on 04/26/2008, -6/+18wtf?!
  • AndrewDB, on 04/26/2008, -25/+2Good for her on the fact that she's winning.

    I hope she takes the RIAA and the other companies for everything they're worth.
    • NecroDigg, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Er wtf are you talking about?
    • diggit08, on 04/26/2008, -1/+7wrong topic
    • smacksaw, on 04/26/2008, -3/+13I also agree that somehow the RIAA caused this child's behaviour issues, probably something to do with suing him over sharing crayons.
      • KibibyteBrain, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1I guess it is somewhat sad that this little kid's childhood might be ruined over a temper-tantrum when the RIAA is for the first time going to at the very worst have to use a small fraction their money to bail themselves out of civil charges for a highly criminal extortion scheme resulting in people being conned out of possible millions of dollars. Maybe thats the problem, hows a kid supposed to develop a sense of justice in that world.
    • AndrewDB, on 04/26/2008, -3/+3What the *****?! I commented on the story that talked about the ladies private battle with the recording industry and it came up .. here?!

      ..okay, Digg's got another bug.. :(

      Bury my original comment please guys.
      • loroleg, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1Due to how ***** stupid THIS story is you may as well digg it up because it's probably relevant.
    • ladenta, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1LOL
      :l
  • Smoov, on 04/26/2008, -5/+17This sort of evil insanity worries me more than the Iraq war and global warming combined.

    Mass insanity is a scary prospect.
    • akgunkel, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1No Joke. Andrew Jackson is rolling in his grave.
    • julianvs, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1Various psychologists have expressed that the greatest threat to humanity in the future will not be disease, war or famine, but psychological.
  • ohmahgawd, on 04/26/2008, -7/+9They should charge the parents.
    • nextyoyoma, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2because their 8-year-old got in a fight at school? Are ***** kidding me?
      • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1People don't understand kids do stuipid things. What scares me is that the school made a huge mistake of calling the cops rather than making the parents come get their kid and make him apologize to all involved then accept a suspension.
    • bloodmoney, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2You are a ***** idiot. One day, when you have kids, you will understand why this is so.
  • LorrKcir, on 04/26/2008, -14/+18Only in america
    • DigiRaven, on 04/26/2008, -2/+6got to dig you down on that comment. I'm sorry but its happening all around the world. They kill the kid in the middle east for doing something like that. Singapore they will cane the kid. The UK is becoming the Nanny state over everyone. List goes on. So no its not only in America where stupid and the ignorant lives. It turns out 75% of the worlds population is stupid and ignorant.
    • JointVenture, on 04/26/2008, -2/+4You have a lot of balls to say that when all one has to do is type a question in the Mr. Know box in the upper right hand corner of ones browser to make you look like a stupid *****.
  • NecroDigg, on 04/26/2008, -3/+6That's messed up.
  • diggit08, on 04/26/2008, -1/+21punched his teacher? What the hell are they putting in those crayons?
  • bermudianguy, on 04/26/2008, -4/+5He is 8 ..if that charge goes through which it shouldn't his life is ruined. Well up until his record is expunged but I dont know if they would do that for an assault and battery charge.
    • colincornaby, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3I doubt it will be. He's a minor, so anything he would be charged with would be expunged, even assault and battery or even murder.
    • jackalsclaw, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3maybe since he hit a girl he hit they will say it's a hate crime (since some boy's his age hate girl because of cooties ) or it's a sex crime (cause a female was involved). then because cause of _____'s law he will never be alowed to live within 10 miles of a female or a child for the rest of his life.
      • sheki, on 04/27/2008, -0/+3That got a lol from me. Those cops should be ridiculed on their local news and in their daily paper for being dumb asses.
        • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Blame the school. They called the cops. If they cannot handle an irate 8 year old, they have no business running a school.
  • musntSurfatWork, on 04/26/2008, -5/+5Wait till my 8 year old finds you in GTAIV, playing on my PS3 after her homework is done for her art project, copper.
  • dondara, on 04/26/2008, -5/+43In Florida? What a ***** surprise. I am 44, when I was in grade school, we got in fights on the playground everyday. The teachers would pull us apart, make us shake hands and that was the end of it. So now it's felony charges? The teacher was injured by the 8 yr old? *****. See, this is what you get when you don't discipline your kids. Charge the parents, they are to blame here.
    • mancat, on 04/26/2008, -2/+21charge nobody, give the kids the paddle.
      • Gutterpunk, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6Funny how you say that there were fight every day when you were young and this was ok, but now you want to charge the parents. Weren't parents as responsible for the fights 30 something years ago? Or this is a case of "get off my lawn"?
        • dondara, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Maybe a little. Yeah, I retract the "charge the parents" thing. Kids are going to act like kids. To expect anything different is crazy. Mancat is right. Forget the police, just spank the kid and call it over.
          • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1But that might damage his self esteem. Isn't that more important than learning you cannot punch a teacher?
      • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3I grew up in the south and when i moved up to Maine and told people that i got paddlings in school, they were astonished. I deserved most of them and don't disagree with it.
        • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1I almost got a paddling from a teacher once. That time I didn't deserve it, so I was glad she changed her mind. Here it's still common to be spanked or paddled at school. The kids wouldn't think of taking a swing at a teacher.
    • JointVenture, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5But did you ever hit the teacher? Teachers have to walk a fine line these days. For every lil one charged with assaulting a teacher there is a teacher arrested/sued for assault when they touch the top of a students head.
      • dadioflex, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Teachers are screwed these days. I have no idea why anyone would voluntarily become a teacher. 90% of the people I know got an education despite their teachers so maybe it's time to leave the rest to bob for cookies on some interactive TV channel. There's a sub-class out there that's making itself, I say we let them and act surprised when we only offer them jobs trimming our hedges.
      • nextyoyoma, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3that doesn't mean its right for a kid to be changed with a felony for hitting his teacher.
    • sheki, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Dondara gets a +1 for not being bullheaded and retracting his prior statement. Good man.
    • Kyderdog, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1 I am 44 when I was in grade school...
      GOOD GOD Man, are you from Kentucky?
  • HydrogenOxide, on 04/26/2008, -7/+37"If he was overpowering her that much, I feel like she shouldn't be in that line of work," his grandmother, Dorothy Williams, tells the station. "If she can't deal with him, put him in someone else's classroom. If it's a male, whatever, and let them restrain him," she adds.

    This pretty much sums up my thoughts
    • rblancarte, on 04/26/2008, -2/+13IMHO this is the wrong attitude. In fact, this is exactly what is wrong with the situation. Clearly this child doesn't have any sort of realistic home guidance. This is the grandmother that is supposed to be teaching values to this child, and what is her response? Not "I am not doing a good job at home" but "let [the teacher] restrain him". *****. This is a problem that needs to be dealt with at home. Sharing, not hitting, etc. Not jobs of the teachers, jobs of the family.
      Now granted - felony charges is WAY over the top in this case, but still 8 year olds shouldn't be acting like this.
    • Gutterpunk, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4yeah, how dare they not hiring teachers without a police/doorman background !
      • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2how dare they not hiring? LAWL
      • jackalsclaw, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3how dare they hire teachers that can't handle a 8 year old with a temper tantrum.
        • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2How dare you "no-no" my "how dare you"? You big PEEPEE HEAD!
    • JointVenture, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4Lets see a pic of the kid first. There are some mutants out there.
      • jackalsclaw, on 04/26/2008, -0/+14 foot tall 70 pounds and CAN MOVE METAL WITH HIS MIND!
    • NeoCortex, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4Heaven forbid the kid just learns at home not to hit people. Sure, blame the teachers.
      • jackalsclaw, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4blame the teachers, school, police for having the cops charge him with a felony
    • TheFinaleofSeem, on 04/26/2008, -2/+6Um, teacher "restraining the kid" generally winds up with a lawsuit. Teachers can't touch the kids these days for fear of getting sued. Sorry grandma, but the modern world wont allow for that.
      • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1I don't think the teacher that duct tapped kids mouths shut got sued.
  • jrhelgeson, on 04/26/2008, -9/+13What is stupid is the reaction of the police. This is what happens when kids are not taught to think for themselves in school, then grow up and become police officers.
    • Gutterpunk, on 04/26/2008, -0/+4To be charged with something, someone need to place a complaint. And thats not the police usually.
      • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1True. The school had to make a charge. It's not like the cops were sitting in the classroom when it happened.
  • smacksaw, on 04/26/2008, -4/+18I guess Floridians have never heard of laws governing youth offences...you know...where you don't charge them because they lack the capacity to be tried like an adult...
    • lordno, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1Except when a youth engages in adult like criminal activity (ie. driving a car, firing a gun, hitting a teacher...) they are tried as adults as a matter of public policy.
  • therealkdog, on 04/26/2008, -2/+17Let me spank the kid, and we will call it even.

  • EntropyFan, on 04/26/2008, -1/+42The sad thing is if the teacher had restrained him, the parents could have sued the teacher for 'abusing' the kid.
    The system is insane, with no one in clear control.
    I wonder what kids are learning from that?
  • gh0st3000, on 04/26/2008, -3/+22So what next, are they going to arrest 2 year olds throwing tantrums for "disturbing the peace"?
    • s14sh3r, on 04/26/2008, -2/+6That's not a bad idea ;)
    • SniperZero, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2No they are going to put babies just born who cry in the slammer
    • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Don't think it won't happen. The ages kids are getting arrested is getting lower and lower.
  • keyvoh, on 04/26/2008, -5/+22And yet 3 cops go free after 3 unarmed guys in a vehicle are riddled with 50 bullets.
    • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -5/+1It's time for some cop killing. If we're in a police state and the law is on THEIR side, then the need for vigilantism presents itself.
  • cyranthus, on 04/26/2008, -1/+9can the article be any more vague?
    • fatmannaltlcoat, on 04/26/2008, -3/+3Next thing you know when walking your dog down the street you are going to get a ticket for indecent exposure because said dog does not have pants on.
      • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1What if on TV they started putting the black bar over a dogs asshole when it's onscreen? lol
  • SebHughes, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5This has to be the biggest waste of police time ever.
  • AceTheBathound, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5***** Me! When I was a kid in school here in Canada, when we got out of line like that, we had to face the folks...
    Nobody wanted that: That's why we bdhaved like good little dirtbags when we got caught...
    No matter if you had an unhappy homelife or not...
    • rblancarte, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2The problem is that it sounds like the kid doesn't get any sort of family values training at home. This is the grandmother that is supposed to be teaching values to this child, and what is her response? Not "I am not doing a good job at home" but "let [the teacher] restrain him". *****. This is a problem that needs to be dealt with at home. Sharing, not hitting, etc. Not jobs of the teachers, jobs of the family.
      Now granted - felony charges is WAY over the top in this case, but still 8 year olds shouldn't be acting like this.
      • TheFinaleofSeem, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1"Letting the teacher restrain him" generally equals a big fat lawsuit. Teachers can barely touch the kids these days for fear of getting sued.
  • buhbyebot, on 04/26/2008, -1/+20I can see it now... 20 years into the future.
    Job Interview: We've gone over your resume and although you look like a great candidate and fit for our organization, we do have one concern about this felony conviction over a crayon fiasco. How do you explain your actions? What would you have done differently, knowing what you do today?
    • dadioflex, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3I would have paid off the cops.
    • warlokaz2004, on 04/26/2008, -2/+0"I would have RAPED my classmate, cuz then the school district would deny anything ever happened to avoid a lawsuit. "
  • Danktolker, on 04/26/2008, -3/+9This just in: Florida sucks.
  • computerusr, on 04/26/2008, -2/+9Put that scum in for life.
  • myshl0ng, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2If I were the teacher, I`d sue.
    • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Really? You would go to court and face a jury and say a child attacked you and you think he needs to pay with either jail time or financial damges? The kid is EIGHT years old.
  • Rainemaker, on 04/26/2008, -3/+9FYI: Here is our (Floridians) law on agg. bat. You decide for yourself if an 8 year old could be convicted beyond a reasonable doubt of this:
    784.045 Aggravated battery.--

    (1)(a) A person commits aggravated battery who, in committing battery:

    1. Intentionally or knowingly causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement; or

    2. Uses a deadly weapon.

    (b) A person commits aggravated battery if the person who was the victim of the battery was pregnant at the time of the offense and the offender knew or should have known that the victim was pregnant.

    (2) Whoever commits aggravated battery shall be guilty of a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. [ยง775 (Sentancing guidelines) would be a non-issue as he is a juvenile, but the criminal elements are the same]

    I blame the charges on the arresting officer. The "rule of thumb" used by arresting officers is "Did he hit you with an object? If Yes = Aggrivated. (In most agencies in FL, our law enforcement is only required to have a H/S diploma or GED. This is problematic.)
    • HydrogenOxide, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Intentionally maiming?

      A few charlie horses does not a maim make.
  • tufftugg, on 04/26/2008, -7/+3 Take a bow America, maybe on your way up, you can pull your head out of your azz.
  • mindthatworks, on 04/26/2008, -2/+110 year old Florida boy faces the gas chamber for killing and than burning his little brothers GI Joe....this is where we are headed. 8 year old charged with a felon, too much. When I saw the headline I thought he had killed or stabbed someone. My son had a tantrum two months ago, he is 8 and his mother managed to put him in time out for 30 min. I guess his classmates (who were likely teasing him) will not be messing with his crayons anymore. Too, unfortunately, public teachers today (even in grade school) are faced with dismissal if they do not immediately report and call the police when another child hits a classmate - no matter the age.
    • dadioflex, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1What's scarier? That you have a son or that you think you do?
  • Enjia, on 04/26/2008, -1/+13anyone remember the 6 yr old who got sexual harassment for kissing the 5 yr old on the playground?
  • RustyJ, on 04/26/2008, -1/+12Man, if they pressed charges for every time I was a little ***** as a child, I'd be on death row by now.
    • itsgotyou, on 04/26/2008, -2/+2I see you got your internet privileges back. How's the warden these days?
  • qwerty2159, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1no voting for you!
  • doorsperception, on 04/26/2008, -7/+1Ridiculous. In second grade I was picking my nose and forgetting to wear underwear. That might be an exaggeration, but still, felony charges? On an 8 year old. Get him some Ritalin and anger management courses. He isn't a felon. It's ludacris. Appeal!
    • zmigliozzi, on 04/26/2008, -2/+2Yes medicate an 8yr old, that fixes everything...
      • doorsperception, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1OR not. Just slap him with felony charges. That solves everything,.
  • Me0wmix, on 04/26/2008, -2/+3Kids will be kids.
    • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Most people don't understand this concept. We have been fed the line, "Kids are just little adults" so much people actually believe it now. We cannot treat kids like we do adults, and we cannot expect adult like behavior from an 8-year-old.
  • bcpicklen109, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3how hard can a 8 year old hit
    • DigiRaven, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3with the food they eat these days. They are getting super human strength
    • dadioflex, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2You ever watch the UFC? An 8 year old kid will pound on you with every last ounce of their strength until they're exhausted.

      Those UFC guys are amateurs by comparison.

      Clearly you don't have kids. They're vicious.
      • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1My kid is not vicious. Are yours? If so, why?
  • andrew606, on 04/26/2008, -5/+5put him away for life. i have no tolerance for unwarranted violence.
    • itsgotyou, on 04/26/2008, -2/+3Yes. We should only encourage warranted violence.
      • andrew606, on 04/26/2008, -5/+1i didnt say i encourage any type of violence, dumbass.
        • itsgotyou, on 04/26/2008, -2/+2Then you should've said 'I have no tolerance for violence of any kind'. DUMBASS.
          • andrew606, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1umm no, because i tolerate warranted violence( killing of criminals, etc). learn how to read and comprehend. dont put words into my mouth. dumb ***** idiot.
          • RogueOstrich, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Actually "Andrew606" You're the dumb ***** idiot. You seriously believe an 8 year old should be locked up for life for hitting a teacher, but have no problem with cops killing criminals? You're a complete and total dumb ***** and shouldn't be so hasty to insult others it makes you look like a douche.
          • andrew606, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1do i really need to copy and paste and definitions for tolerate and encourage? do u really think they are the same thing? because they are quite the opposite. so please, stfu.
  • ladenta, on 04/26/2008, -1/+38 year old children get in fights. Esp. over stuff like crayons. You pull 'em apart, laugh about it, and ***** move on.
    And that teacher had to be a midget to be 'overpowered' by a 4 ft or so tall 8 yr old child.
    • cheekdog, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1nutty as it sounds, it isn't hard when you literally aren't allowed to touch them.
    • dadioflex, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2I guarantee I can find an 8 year old that will either "overpower you" or accuse you of sexual assault when you start defending yourself from her.
  • alenox, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2ugh...never any good news about my state's education system : (
  • CodeCobalt, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4you guys obviously haven't seen the 8 year old!

    http://www.ergogenics.org/images/093.jpg
  • PHiZ187, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Prosecutors charge, not cops.
  • stormc, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2No one mentioned the best part of the article:
    "Lee County Judge Joseph Fuller says the boy needs a 'time out.'"
  • jjaxinc, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Guess they will end the use of crayons in schools, as they've ended playing tag.
  • zmigliozzi, on 04/26/2008, -3/+3Cops have no other agenda than making money now days.
    • dadioflex, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Yeah that whole making it home alive thing has so fallen by the wayside.
    • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1You work for free?
  • Coolkid11, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2How is this supposed to deter crime? When this boy grows up he will have a felony on his record and he will have to go through tremendous difficulties to even get a minimum wage job, much less a job involving skilled labor. He'll probably get so frustrated that he'll end up committing crimes just to have some money. This kid deserves some major punishments. He should be spanked and grounded for 4 months, instead of having a felony on his record. Besides, giving him a felony charge right now isn't going to teach him anything since he cannot even comprehend the seriousness of it.
    • TheMidnight, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Nah, he'll just live at home and pretend to be homeless four blocks away.
  • davidlitts, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3What the ***** is the country coming to, seriously this is the most ridiculous ***** i've ever heard of
  • Striff, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2***** America is so stupid sometimes. I hate living here when I hear stories like this.
  • lindsay4767, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Onion, is that you?!?! please?
  • ImYourRealDad, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Did anyone else catch "Exceptional" School?
    • 14justice, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Yes, which suggests that the action taked is not only ridiculous, but probably amounts to criminal child abuse.
  • emt1451, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2I thought I was clicking on a link to a funny The Onion story.
  • rceaandtyhoius, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Heyyy, I live in Fort Myers! Great publicity for the city *rolleyes* GG guys.

    Seriously, kids will be kids, slapping a felony on them at this age will probably screw them up later in life.
    • lsloany, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1I live there as well and am not the least bit surprised. Gotta love the Ft. Myers P.D.
    • personalj, on 04/27/2008, -0/+0I live in that area too, if you really do live there, you'd know there's a fairly large criminal population. The kid needs to be punished and so do his parents, perhaps it will stop him from becoming a true criminal later.
      • Jashobeam5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Most people agree the kid needs to be punished. How is the question.
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