04-21-2021, 11:32 AM
(04-21-2021, 11:23 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I appreciate the responses. I tried not to pose any of my comments as suggesting there was any criminality in the officer's response, because I don't believe there was. I understand the rationale.
My perspective as a teacher obviously skews my belief in what are available responses to a situation like this, which is why I asked the questions that I did. I think when the footage becomes more widespread and the idea that this was "revenge" isn't able to hold any water, the dialogue will shift into the direction of response.
Hopefully it will also focus on safety standards in the foster system too and ask why the multiple adults around the girl did not do anything. After she pushes the first girl, one of the adults (the one who says "She is a ***** kid") kicks the first girl in the head as she is getting up. I think some responsible needs to fall on the adults who enabled the fighting and even seemed to join in.
Dude, this exact scenario plays out hundreds of times a day in this country, if not thousands. You'd be nauseated by the abdication of adult responsibility I've seen throughout my career. I've gone to apartment buildings or housing projects and found toddlers wandering around all hours of the day, supervised by a 6-7 year old. But you've definitely hit on something, these kids act the way to do because of the adults in their life, not in spite, or defiance, of them.
