11-Year-Old Arrested At School After Refusing To Stand For The Pledge
The Florida sixth-grader's teacher reportedly told him he could "go to another place to live."
An 11-year-old boy was arrested following a confrontation at school over his refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, which he reportedly called racist against black people.
The Florida boy was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence on Feb. 4 after allegedly threatening his substitute teacher at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland following an argument, Patch reported.
“The student became disruptive and the teacher contacted school administrators for assistance,” Kyle Kennedy, a spokesman for Polk County Public Schools, told the news outlet. “The school’s resource deputy also became involved.”
More: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/boy-arrested-after-pledge-protest_us_5c6978f4e4b05c889d2021a2
The Florida sixth-grader's teacher reportedly told him he could "go to another place to live."
An 11-year-old boy was arrested following a confrontation at school over his refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, which he reportedly called racist against black people.
The Florida boy was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence on Feb. 4 after allegedly threatening his substitute teacher at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland following an argument, Patch reported.
“The student became disruptive and the teacher contacted school administrators for assistance,” Kyle Kennedy, a spokesman for Polk County Public Schools, told the news outlet. “The school’s resource deputy also became involved.”
More: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/boy-arrested-after-pledge-protest_us_5c6978f4e4b05c889d2021a2
