Thread: At what point, if any, does police violence against minors become okay?

Hmm well I'm not all too familiar with the American schooling system, but judging from what Tune Mizu said above, I'm assuming that schools in the US have a police officer stationed at the school by default? The local schools where I live don't have such systems in place, and the circumstances would differ significantly in my mind depending on how the officer got there. If he's essentially school security and can get there in a few minutes that's one thing, but if someone actually called the police and had them intervene, that to me indicates a much more serious case. I can't agree with the 'backup' option as I don't think it's reasonably viable. Police resources are finite, and you can't have several officers dealing with one problem child who isn't being a threat. Trygon I distinguish between physical force, and physical assault. As I mentioned previously I differentiate between the act of physically pushing and shoving, with someone physically punching and kicking. The intent and severity of the action is different, and lumping it together as 'physical attack' skewers things. I disagree from the clip the amount of force that was used, but at the same time I do understand the importance of removing potentially dangerous obstacles when detaining someone. Collision with the desk or chair could lead to much more dangerous injuries if the struggled continued with them. .......... As for the solutions, again I'm not familiar how the school policing system works over there, but calling familyfaith isn't the police's job in this case, that's the school's responsibility, and frankly should of been attempted before police authority was involved assuming the officer wasn't school based. A major issue with social attitudes at the moment is the belief that all things can be resolved through communication, and this just isn't true. While negotiating and defusing a situation is most desirable, there are other factors in play, and while there was no immediate harm forseeable, it's not fair to delay the education of students because one girl refuses to do what she's supposed to. The situation did require a speedy resolution. As for absorption, that's one issue we'll probably never agree on. While I agree that police are a shield for the public, they aren't a meat-shield which should be abused. If being kicked, punched and spat on is part of their job their wages need a significant boost. Personally I don't care if about a person's age, gender, race, and whatnot. I don't perceive hitting a woman as being anymore wrong than hitting a middle aged white man. Nor do I perceive the shoving around of a minor as being any worse than a grown adult. Pittooey Modern day neurology generally agree's that a child's brain isn't fully mature until the age of 20, with many cases stating that it could be as late as 25 when a brain fully matures. Furthermore other research indicates that a brain isn't fully done developing until the age of 3040. With these things considered I don't see why being a minor is so important since a large majority of the people misbehaving as them doing stupid things. What you're saying is right in terms of social attitudes towards violence, but reading it from another perspective it's actually quite insulting to say that kid should be be excused because they're incapable from discerning right from wrong. That skill is actually developed at a much younger age, and it's more a behavioural issue that a developmental one. Also, He was fired, he was wrong pretty much resolves the case of the police officer in my mind. The question that matters more is what will happen to the girl. Will she also be penalized? Will she receive some sort of mental support? Or will tomorrow just be another typical day?