Tennessee parents outraged after kids arrested at elementary school, officers apologize
Tennessee parents are outraged after a group of elementary school kids were handcuffed and arrested because they did not break up a fight that was taking place off of school property...
Tennessee parents are outraged after a group of elementary school kids were handcuffed and arrested because they did not break up a fight that was taking place off of school property.
Parents and leaders are speaking out against the harsh treatment of the Hobgood Elementary School students.
“We are not looking for some radical, uncivil response to this; we, as a community, are looking to come to a peaceful, respectful, and communal response,” said Pastor James McCarroll of First Baptist Church Murfreesboro, who took to Facebook Live to share the story of what happened to the children.
–Eight Black Women Set to Receive PhD Together at Indiana University’s School of Education
Community leaders were even more outraged when they discovered that the children who were arrested were innocent bystanders and had nothing to do with the fight.
“It’s hard to see a child arrested when they do something wrong being a child, but it’s even that much harder, and that much more difficult to stomach, a child being handcuffed that has done nothing wrong,” McCarroll said.
–Chris Brown Reveals He Contemplated Suicide in Trailer for New Doc ‘Welcome to My Life’
One parent says that there was video of the incident and that the fight the children saw was nothing more than a few kids pushing each other back and forth.
Additionally, several parents were upset that they were not notified when the arrests took place.
–Tracy Morgan Performs for the Doctors Who Saved His Life
“I have a 9-year-old and a 13-year-old who were arrested last Friday for a crime they weren’t even at,” said one mother.
You Might Like
