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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Florida girl, 6, arrested for battery by school resource officer for temper tantrum: report
2019-09-23
[FOXNEWS] A Florida grandmother claims her 6-year-old granddaughter was arrested by a resource officer after throwing a temper tantrum at school ‐ which she says happened because the child suffers from sleep apnea.

Meralyn Kirkland says the child, Kaia Rolle, was acting out at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy, a charter school in Orlando, as a result of lack of sleep. The 6-year-old was then brought to the principal's office.

Kirkland told WKMG-TV that while there, a school staff employee grabbed Kaia's wrists, sparking her to lash out and kick her legs. The school resource officer ‐ Officer Dennis Turner, of the Orlando Police Department ‐ handcuffed Kaia and transported her to the Juvenile Assessment Center in Orlando on a battery charge.

Her grandmother said the child was fingerprinted and had her mugshot taken.

The Orlando Police Department told Fox News via email that the 6-year-old was released from custody and returned to the school before being processed at the juvenile center.

The arrest of people under the age of 12 requires officers to get permission from their watch commander ‐ which Turner did not do, the department said.

Kirkland claims that when she told Turner the 6-year-old has sleep apnea, which the family is "working on getting resolved," the officer didn't understand why that would be an excuse for the child.

"He says, 'Well, I have sleep apnea, and I don't behave like that,'" Kirkland claimed the officer told her.

Kirkland questioned how a child could be arrested for kicking somebody.

"How do you do that to a 6-year-old child and because she kicked somebody? ... A literal mug shot of a 6-year-old girl," she said. "No 6-year-old child should be able to tell somebody that they had handcuffs on them and they were riding in the back of a police car and taken to a juvenile center to be fingerprinted, mug shot."

Turner also reportedly arrested an 8-year-old that day in a separate incident on Thursday, according to WKMG. Baker told the news outlet Turner did not request permission for that child's arrest, either. Authorities said an internal investigation is ongoing.

Kirkland says Kaia is supposed to report to court Oct. 16 and if she doesn't a warrant will be issued for her arrest.

Posted by:Fred

#19  I'm sorry but that's seriously overkill. By their standards, touching my child in any fashion would be considered attempted murder, kidnapping, rape and charges filed. Time to turn the tables on them and if they wanna play zero tolerance, play ZERO tolerance.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-09-23 21:42  

#18  Temper tantrum?

If she were Swedish and 16 she'd get to lecture the United Nations.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-09-23 18:47  

#17  Spare the cuffs, spoil the child.
Posted by: Lex   2019-09-23 17:12  

#16  I'm going with comment #4. Dead on target.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2019-09-23 16:39  

#15  "Hello, what's your emergency ?"

"Could you please send a... coloured policeman to slap a child ?"

"[chewing gum]... oh, that again. Hokay."
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-23 15:34  

#14  But couldn't that cop be a "white black"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-23 15:18  

#13  by the way, both child and cop were black so at least the race card stayed put away in the purse
Posted by: Frank G   2019-09-23 14:27  

#12  There wasn’t a locking closet at the school? Couple of hours seemed to be a good remedy back in the day.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2019-09-23 12:28  

#11  I dunno. I think there are plenty of school officials who deserve a good, swift kick in the butt.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-09-23 11:56  

#10  Uncontrollable at 6. I see a lifetime of orange apparel in her future. No Father mentioned. Where's Mom? Incarcerated as well?
Posted by: Frank G   2019-09-23 11:43  

#9  But we make a choice as a society to find better ways...

Or turn and walk away leaving the problems for someone else to handle.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-09-23 11:25  

#8  The school to prison pipeline. If Bath House hadn't been trying to stop it Parkland might not have ever happened...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-23 09:19  

#7  Crushing her chances of one day becoming a model citizen and governor of Georgia. The shameful story simply keeps repeating itself.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-09-23 09:04  

#6  At 6, fear of the ruler (the 12 inch kind) is a good thing.
Posted by: Varmint Poodle5779   2019-09-23 08:30  

#5  I have no doubt there are kids who need tasered, actually. But we make a choice as a society to find better ways...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-23 08:15  

#4  Anybody capable of cuffing 6 years old has a lead deficiency
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2019-09-23 07:43  

#3  Actually I believe parents should be charged if they deliver drop off feral children to schools. There can be no education if there is no discipline or self control. One disruptive agent can destroy the environment for others.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-09-23 07:20  

#2  I have sleep apnea, and I don't behave like that

No, dude, in your case the damage seems more severe and most likely permanent.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-09-23 07:19  

#1  The school resource officer ‐ Officer Dennis Turner, of the Orlando Police Department ‐ handcuffed Kaia and transported her to the Juvenile Assessment Center in Orlando on a battery charge

Words fail.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-23 00:48  

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