School Cop Fired!

[Guest]

The school cop who bodily threw a female teen ager across the classroom has been fired from his job.

Sure, the teen was disrespectful toward all concerned. But flipping her desk over and tossing her across the classroom was a criminal act. The teen's family is definitely going to win a very large cash settlement.

Why couldn't the cop merely have dragged the desk with the girl in it out of the classroom into the hallway - or the teacher have continued teaching the class and just not give attention to the girl on the phone?

Best idea would be not to allow students to have their cell phones in school. Some parents say they have to be able to be in touch with their child. When I was in school, if your parents needed you for an important reason, they would call the school and the school office would contact the student.

Anyhow, that cop is gone, unfortunately the school and police get sued, and it just may give other kids ideas of how to get their 15 minutes of fame AND rich.

[Guest]

The school cop who bodily threw a female teen ager across the classroom has been fired from his job.

Sure, the teen was disrespectful toward all concerned. But flipping her desk over and tossing her across the classroom was a criminal act. The teen's family is definitely going to win a very large cash settlement.

Why couldn't the cop merely have dragged the desk with the girl in it out of the classroom into the hallway - or the teacher have continued teaching the class and just not give attention to the girl on the phone?

Best idea would be not to allow students to have their cell phones in school. Some parents say they have to be able to be in touch with their child. When I was in school, if your parents needed you for an important reason, they would call the school and the school office would contact the student.

Anyhow, that cop is gone, unfortunately the school and police get sued, and it just may give other kids ideas of how to get their 15 minutes of fame AND rich.

Dear Guest: Franky I have a difficult time assessing a response to your question without more detail of what occurred where it occurred etc.

It may also be difficult to assess, even with more detail, since a major offense when I went to school was chewing gum.

Personal Best Regards:

[Guest]

Too bad about the cop. The girl should be expelled from school. The cop should be given a letter of commendation. He didn't shoot her, so he doesn't deserve to be fired.

[Guest]

The teacher called the principle, the principle call the officer so they really wanted this girl removed as words were not going to do that. What teenager swings at a police officer and does not think there will be some force? It looked worst then it was because of the desk. If it were not for the desk he would of been able to hand cuff her. The teacher told the students to get there phones out and capture this on their phones once the officer was called in. I am so sick of seeing so much evil in this generation! Never in my life have I seen so much disrespect!

[Guest]

The teacher called the principle, the principle call the officer so they really wanted this girl removed as words were not going to do that. What teenager swings at a police officer and does not think there will be some force? It looked worst then it was because of the desk. If it were not for the desk he would of been able to hand cuff her. The teacher told the students to get there phones out and capture this on their phones once the officer was called in. I am so sick of seeing so much evil in this generation! Never in my life have I seen so much disrespect!

:agree:

[Guest]

Does anybody else wonder why it is there is always a plethora of videos of enforcement but very rarely is there ever any presentation of videos of the actions that warranted getting the police on the scene in the first place.

It certainly is not in the best interest of the media, the special interest and minority groups to show the cause(s).

[Guest]

Does anybody else wonder why it is there is always a plethora of videos of enforcement but very rarely is there ever any presentation of videos of the actions that warranted getting the police on the scene in the first place.

It certainly is not in the best interest of the media, the special interest and minority groups to show the cause(s).

No one is doubting the 16 year old girl was disruptive and should have been escorted out of the classroom. It is the throwing the student across the floor that got him fired.

Why allow kids to have cell phones at school???

[Guest]

The cop should have ordered her out of the room and if she didn't comply, he should have tasered her. Then drug her useless as@ out of the classroom. He probably didn't have a taser so he had to forcibly remove her. He can work at my grandchildren's school anytime. I will write him an endorsement.

[Guest]

A valid judgement cannot be rendered from watching the one amateur video. As far as throwing her across the room....it is just as likely action and reaction played a role. Like trying to determine the exact reaction of letting a rubber band fly.

Another judgement made solely for the purpose of avoiding upsetting the few special interest and minority group members who seem to get all the attention.

Did any of you ever get into a scuffle with anybody? Have you ever been in a hassle where there was pushing and shoving? And for those raising their eyebrows that never have.....there is no way to control the end result of pushing, pulling, resisting, fighting off one fighting back.

The cop did his job. He would have been admonished if he did nothing....or called for back up.....or called the swat team.....or simply dragged the chair out the door.....or anything that could be viewed as ENFORCEMENT.

The "perp" got what she deserved for her actions...like it or not.

[Guest]

The cop was the school resource officer. He had been doing that for some time. I would think in the years he had been the school cop that he would have received training for just this type of incident. I am quite sure the training was not to bodily throw a student from her desk across the room.

[Guest]

The cop was the school resource officer. He had been doing that for some time. I would think in the years he had been the school cop that he would have received training for just this type of incident. I am quite sure the training was not to bodily throw a student from her desk across the room.

Works for me. Maybe the other kids will think twice before mouthing off and being disruptive.

[Guest]

Works for me. Maybe the other kids will think twice before mouthing off and being disruptive.

How about that the 16 year old girl and her family are going to collect a huge settlement from the police dept and the school system? My WAG is around $750,000 and that is tax free!

Maybe the other kids will see the possibility of a huge pay day and be more disruptive just hoping that a school cop will do something similar to them?

Hopefully, police depts who have school resource officers will take this incident seriously and properly train their officers to de-escalte such situations without force - and school systems will properly train teachers to handle problems like this teen who disrupted the class by not putting her phone away.

And finally, WHY allow kids to have cell phones in school???

[Guest]

The cop was the school resource officer. He had been doing that for some time. I would think in the years he had been the school cop that he would have received training for just this type of incident. I am quite sure the training was not to bodily throw a student from her desk across the room.

That is what most have concluded from the limited viewing of the video and the biased dialogue of reporters or announcers stating that is what was happening.

With the same limited viewing of the same video I could easily state he did not purposely or intend to "throw her across the room".

If the same ability to review an action like we do replays on the football field, I would bet many would change their statement of what happened. Until then the minority report wins the day....unfortunately.

[Guest]

The news reports that hundreds of students from that school staged a walk out in support of the police officer. That should tell you something of the character of the kids and how they were raised. Perhaps they know something of what happened that the rest of were not told.

[Guest]

The news reports that hundreds of students from that school staged a walk out in support of the police officer. That should tell you something of the character of the kids and how they were raised. Perhaps they know something of what happened that the rest of were not told.

They are not constrained nor controlled by the media.
They do not have the political baggage school administrators carry.
They are free thinking.
They do not have an alterior agenda or motive.
They are the only ones that are correct.

[Guest]

I don't know why they are allowed phones in school, but they are.

Our grandson lived with us for a few years, from 13 to 15. The cell phone provider had an option which allowed parents to disable the kid's phone for certain hours. His was programmed to only allow calls to and from us and his mother. He didn't like it, but he didn't have the password. ;)

What I found interesting about the video is the lack of reaction from other students. It tells me she's done things like this before, and the other kids were waiting to record the show.

I think it would have been better for the officer and the vice-principal to pick her up, chair and all, and transport her to the office. She'd be forced to do what she was told, and three adults would not have their careers in jeopardy because the special snowflake wanted her phone.

[Guest]

The news reports that hundreds of students from that school staged a walk out in support of the police officer. That should tell you something of the character of the kids and how they were raised. Perhaps they know something of what happened that the rest of were not told.

Some students rally behind S.C. officer who yanked student from desk - Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-walkout-south-carolina-20151031-story.html) Link for one of these stories.

I hope more facts come out in this matter.

[Guest]

Some students rally behind S.C. officer who yanked student from desk - Chicago Tribune (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-walkout-south-carolina-20151031-story.html) Link for one of these stories.

I hope more facts come out in this matter.

Kind of comical - and typical - of the distortion of truth given by Glen Beck's "The Blaze" - where he said HUNDREDS of students staged a walkout. In reality, about 100 students gathered for around 10 minutes in the school atrium.

It was not a racial matter. It was a disciplinary matter that just went bad.

[Guest]

Kind of comical - and typical - of the distortion of truth given by Glen Beck's "The Blaze" - where he said HUNDREDS of students staged a walkout. In reality, about 100 students gathered for around 10 minutes in the school atrium.

It was not a racial matter. It was a disciplinary matter that just went bad.

Typical liberal to find a detail that they can divert to and pick at like an old scabbed over bug bite.

I guess it eluded you that a "large" group of students supported the police officer. I realize that this would indicate decent upbringing and civility, which is counter to liberals need for disobedience and anarchy.

The cop should have tasered the brat. Maybe if she would have peed herself, she would think twice about causing problems again. It would also have made getting her out of her chair easier. But, you know how hind sight is, right?

[Guest]

Typical liberal to find a detail that they can divert to and pick at like an old scabbed over bug bite.

I guess it eluded you that a "large" group of students supported the police officer. I realize that this would indicate decent upbringing and civility, which is counter to liberals need for disobedience and anarchy.

The cop should have tasered the brat. Maybe if she would have peed herself, she would think twice about causing problems again. It would also have made getting her out of her chair easier. But, you know how hind sight is, right?

No diverting. Just pointing out fact.

Sure, around 100 students is a large group and it does show support for the cop. No problem with that. The cop just overstepped his boundary and lost his control. As for tasing the girl, the cop and school system would get sued big time just as they will now - and they will pay.

[Guest]

No diverting. Just pointing out fact.

Sure, around 100 students is a large group and it does show support for the cop. No problem with that. The cop just overstepped his boundary and lost his control. As for tasing the girl, the cop and school system would get sued big time just as they will now - and they will pay.

Whatever. The sky is blue today, also.

[Guest]

No diverting. Just pointing out fact.

Sure, around 100 students is a large group and it does show support for the cop. No problem with that. The cop just overstepped his boundary and lost his control. As for tasing the girl, the cop and school system would get sued big time just as they will now - and they will pay.

Maybe you would care to share with us just how you reached this conclusion. If only quoting the media, shame on parrotting an unproven conclusion.

[Guest]

I guess I just don't get it. How can you vilify the cop? If it was my child I certainly wouldn't be mad at him. I'd be having her written him a letter apologizing for HER behavior, not his.

[Guest]

I agree with most here. The fault lies with the girl (and possibly her parents). Lot's of talk about lawsuits. I agree there will likely be a lawsuit but it will be from the officer for his unjustifiable dismissal.

[Guest]

I guess I just don't get it. How can you vilify the cop? If it was my child I certainly wouldn't be mad at him. I'd be having her written him a letter apologizing for HER behavior, not his.

:agree:

[Guest]

I agree with most here. The fault lies with the girl (and possibly her parents). Lot's of talk about lawsuits. I agree there will likely be a lawsuit but it will be from the officer for his unjustifiable dismissal.

:thumbup:

[Guest]

The school cop who bodily threw a female teen ager across the classroom has been fired from his job.

Sure, the teen was disrespectful toward all concerned. But flipping her desk over and tossing her across the classroom was a criminal act. The teen's family is definitely going to win a very large cash settlement.

Why couldn't the cop merely have dragged the desk with the girl in it out of the classroom into the hallway - or the teacher have continued teaching the class and just not give attention to the girl on the phone?

Best idea would be not to allow students to have their cell phones in school. Some parents say they have to be able to be in touch with their child. When I was in school, if your parents needed you for an important reason, they would call the school and the school office would contact the student.

Anyhow, that cop is gone, unfortunately the school and police get sued, and it just may give other kids ideas of how to get their 15 minutes of fame AND rich.

The Police are trained to takedown one who resists, if Schools don't use Police, who do you think should protect our children…a politician?

[Guest]

The Police are trained to takedown one who resists, if Schools don't use Police, who do you think should protect our children…a politician?

I certainly wouldn't ask the current administration for protection.