By SN
Sunday April 27, 2008
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WBBH – 4/23/08:
An eight-year old boy is about to get a first hand lesson in criminal justice. The second grader was arrested for allegedly punching his teacher in the face. NBC2’s Patrick Flanary had a chance to speak to the young boy.
An argument over crayons in the classroom ended inside a patrol car for second grader Deshawn Williams. His wrists were in handcuffs and his teacher was badly bruised.
“He gets very upset and he loves to hit,” said Deshawn’s grandmother Dorothy Williams.
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Dorothy says Deshawn often throws tantrums and gets physical, but never with adults.
At four feet tall and weighing only 70 pounds Deshawn may not appear threatening, yet he admits his tantrum went too far.
“I threw the chair over there and then she wants to press charges on me,” said Deshawn.
Deshawn’s teacher told Fort Myers police he hit several students, threw several chairs and when she tried to intervene, the boy threw several punches at her.
But Deshawn says he only hit her two times and says he did not hit her in the face. But police say the teacher did in fact have bruises on her face.
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Here’s a link to the school’s website.
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The kid needs an old fashioned beating.
I agree with Cursor_said. My husband had to restrain a 9 year old boy with a butcher knife in one hand when he tried to stab another child for calling him names. As my husband held him, he continued to resist and fight. My husband repeatedly warned him to stop and calm down until the police arrived. The boy refused so my husband had to force him to the ground using a wrist lock and hold him down with the knee to the back until the police arrived. The police told my husband thank you and that my husband had done the correct thing by restraining the child. (My husband is American-Indian and the child was African-American.) The race had no bearing. The most important thought he had was preventing violence. Unfortunately, since the child was only 9, the police could not take him to juvinile hall. 10 is the magic number in Texas for juvi. Use of force is not recommended but is sometimes necessary. My husband is a first-degree black belt. So proper training saved another childs life. My husband is 5’3″ and 110 lbs while the child restrained was 5′ and 75 lbs. The child’s guardian, which was his grandmother, got a slap on the wrist for failure to provide supervision.