Duct tape wielder charged with false imprisonment and child abuse

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2009-10-28 21:36

Story here. Excerpt:

'A secretary at Palmer Elementary School in Denver has been charged with false imprisonment and misdemeanor child abuse after she bound a misbehaving 6-year-old student’s wrists with duct tape and applied the tape to his mouth as well. Jennifer Carter, 45, has been placed on administrative leave and the Denver Public School District has indicated she will be fired for her actions.

The incident happened last Wednesday, and the first grader’s mother, Ashlye Tenner, expressed concern that a report had not been made about the incident until she pushed for it. On Thursday, the school sent a letter to parents notifying them of the situation.

The child had been sent to the principal’s office for acting out in class; when the principal saw the duct-taped child, he immediately told Carter to remove it.'

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Maybe they're going a little too far with the false imprisonment charge.
-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Thu, 2009-10-29 06:47

I totally agree that the false imprisonment charge is over the top (though that tends to be how the system works - throw a bunch of chit against the wall and see what sticks), but I doubt anyone outside of MRA circles would make such a comment if a man had done this.

Some day it would be nice if FAIR and EQUAL justice for all was a reality, but I fear we may be eons away from those days.

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Submitted by Paragon on Thu, 2009-10-29 11:08