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Originally Posted by Orruar
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If use of force = assault in your mind, then yes, it is very much a part of his job. You seem to not understand how a civilized society works. The police have the power to initiate the use of force when that is deemed necessary. According to the story I've heard, this girl was disrupting class and then refusing to leave the classroom. How exactly do you propose to resolve this scenario? Bring in Trump and let him negotiate her out of her chair? This is exactly the kind of thing we have police for, and precisely the reason we give them the power to initiate the use of force.
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As a civil libertarian and proponent of alternative solutions I initially disagreed strongly with you, and I was plotting a verbal assault vehicle to siege your argument.
But I quickly found myself having to agree on principle. The law is the law, the policy is the policy.
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. I would rather prefer the school and the officer examining this option first, before responding to the call to "remove" someone from class. The Sheriff in charge also agreed last night this is not the officers job or function, to remove disruptive students from class is not something they have policy on and it will be investigated from that angle.
The above solution would have deescalated the situation, however I don't know what policy or legal basis the school has for removing disruptive students from class. Seems like a slippery slope.
I was "kicked out of class" several times at my private regional high school senior year for too much clowning and joke cracking, and I just shut up, ignored the teacher, teacher ignored me, and we finished the class. A few weeks later he said they were still waiting for me down at 210 and I just said "Is that right?...", "You don't say..." "cool story" basically. No escalation necessary, we both realized I crossed the line in disruptive behavior and we both mutually deescalated and just let it go as there wasn't any ACTIVE and CONTINUOUS behavioral reason to kick me out of the class.