2nd-Grader Suspended Over Imaginary Grenade

[nehalem256]

Wow. Watched the video. "I've definitely made bad choices in my past"... in reference to her criminal history including burning down her home

Here's a synopsis of Amanda Watkins' criminal history:

May 20, 2011. Watkins was arrested in Loveland on a charge of child abuse/negligently causing bodily injury. She pleaded no contest to child abuse/no injury. A no contest plea has the same legal effect as a guilty plea. She was sentenced to 24 months probation and 24 hours of community service.
Feb. 3, 2010. Watkins is arrested for allegedly setting fire to her home on Sept. 15, 2009. She's charged with felony arson, criminal mischief (property damage); identity theft, theft, 2 counts of misdemeanor child abuse and false reporting/fake crime. Watkins pleaded guilty to false reporting and the other charges are dismissed. She was sentenced to 153 days in jail.
Aug. 20, 2008. Watkins was arrested by Greeley police on an Arapahoe County case involving charges of theft, computer crime/theft, forgery, fraud and attempting to bribe a public servant. She pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft and the other charges were dismissed. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail and eight years probation.
Jan. 18, 2004. Watkins was arrested in Larimer County on a felony forgery charge. She pleads guilty and is sentenced to 81 days in jail and three years intensive supervision probation.
June 12, 2001. Watkins was arrested in Larimer County on a felony arson charge. She pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of attempted arson and was sentenced to 10 days in jail, three years of intensive supervision probation and 120 hours of community service. She was later arrested twice for failing to comply with her probation conditions in 2004 and 2005.

I think we can guess why the child was throwing rocks at students.

EDIT: I guess its a good thing for the woman that the state does not apply a zero-tolerance policy toward child abuse

 

[Arglebargle]

Man, that's not going to help the moralists with their 'kids these days' diatribes. You should be ashamed!

 

[Smoblikat]

If he'd had a gun he could've protected himself from this.

And when you're too stupid to know the difference between "your" and "you're", you post as a conservative on P&N.

Im not sure that ive seen you post before but I believe I already have you all figured out. You are a liberal, and anyone else is dead wrong on any opinion they have.

 

[Zodiark1593]

At this point, I definitely feel schools are overstepping their bounds. Question is what should parents who oppose this "zero-tolerance" policy should do.

 

[DaveSimmons]

At this point, I definitely feel schools are overstepping their bounds. Question is what should parents who oppose this "zero-tolerance" policy should do.

Not be an arsonist who lies about their child throwing rocks?

 

[Lanyap]

It's pretty simple at this point. If the kid threw rocks at other kids then the two hour in-school suspension would be appropriate. If it was an imaginary grenades then it would not.

 

[raildogg]

It might be imaginary but our culture is so violent that these imaginary things stem from something real, which is our violent culture. But suspending kids is due to fear and taking precaution to a whole different level.

How can these school officials, or anyone else, be concerned about safety when our whole society is based upon violence and nothing is done to change it? The measures proposed by politicians or the supposed action by teaches is like putting a bandage on a leaking dam.

 

[DaveSimmons]

In this case, suspending the kid (for only two hours) is most likely because of him throwing real, non-imaginary rocks at other kids.

In this case the problem is probably the gullible and lazy media jumping on a (fake) story that they know will cause outrage.

Fact checking? Nah, that requires effort.

 

[umbrella39]

ahh liberalism.

I think you also missed the 10 year old kid that was arrested for having a fake gun at school.

Ahh that point at which you lost...