Florida sixth-grader arrested in Pledge of Allegiance dispute will not be prosecuted
Source: CNN
By Darran Simon and Faith Karimi, CNN
Updated 0745 GMT (1545 HKT) March 7, 2019
(CNN) A Florida sixth-grader who was arrested last month following a Pledge of Allegiance dispute at his school will not be prosecuted, his attorney said Wednesday night.
The student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland refused to take part in the Pledge of Allegiance on February 4, according to the Polk County School District. At the time, it said the student was arrested for becoming disruptive, not for refusing to participate.
The case attracted national attention after Team Roc, a branch of the Roc Nation entertainment company founded by hip-hop artist Jay-Z, became involved. It raised awareness about the case, describing the teen's arrest as wrong.
In a letter to the teen's mother, Dhakira Talbot, the county's teen court said there are no pending issues.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/us/florida-pledge-of-allegiance-dispute/index.html
Grokenstein
(5,725 posts)"Becoming disruptive" was always going to be the outcome; the substitute made that obvious when she told the student to "go back to his homeland."
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226423920.html
The middle schoolers mother said Alvarez (the substitute teacher) told my son to go back to his homeland, WTSP reported.
He was confused, Talbot told WTSP. He said, What do you mean? Africa? She said, Yeah.
The substitute teacher told the student you can always go back after he replied they brought me here, according to The Washington Post.
I came here from Cuba, Alvarez recalled telling the student, according to The Washington Post, and the day I feel Im not welcome here anymore, I would find another place to live.
Well, you're in luck, Alvarez, because the current administration would LOVE to make that happen for you.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)to be sued.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)and apparently as white as it gets.
It reminds me of the white racists who have called ICE to deport Native Americans, like Navajo in Arizona.
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)genius brainballs want Native Americans deported TO? The fucking moon?
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)They don't care where non-whites go, they just want us gone.
True Blue American
(17,986 posts)Shucky Darn and slop the chickens as Garfield said when on the farm!
LogicFirst
(571 posts)Dear 6th grader:
Welcome to the new intolerant democracy. Perhaps this incident will put you on a path to change the way some people think and react.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)and justifiably so. Against the teacher, the school board, the school, the principal, etc
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)Hardly a day goes by any more where I'm not confronted with a news item that causes me to ask "Is this really America?".
watoos
(7,142 posts)Asking for someone else.
reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)... so the pResedent has been set.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)Jesus! Don't do us any favors, Florida!
Shit. This is the kind of thing we invade other countries for doing...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)especially a sixth-grader?
Have I missed something? WTF?
Eugene
(61,900 posts)The claim was the student refused to leave the class when the resource officer told him to. When he did leave he "created a disturbance," they say. That old standby, disorderly conduct.
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/18/us/florida-pledge-of-allegiance-altercation-arrest/index.html
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He's black.
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)I thought this was settled back in the 1960s when the American Civil Liberties Union defended a Jehovah's Witness from having to recite it? Why in HELL would it be 'news' that this child isn't being prosecuted? Wasn't that the point of the original court ruling?
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,577 posts)and whoever thought it a good idea to call the police needs to be reprimanded for making a mountain out of a molehill.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)The author waits until paragraph 9 to talk about the arresting charges.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I knew many older FL voters were all about screwing the next generation, but arresting (and even considering) prosecuting a 6th grader. That is 11? 12?
THe kid is a child.