S.C. deputy filmed slamming teen girl out of desk, dragging her away

I'm sort of curious...

The SRO's boss is the Sheriff. That's who fired him.

But, he's assigned to the school. So, if the vice principle asks him to remove a student from a classroom -- for something like this, as opposed to some kind of violent behavior -- should he?

Is that his job? Was the request out of line? Should he have told the school administrator that they were dealing with a discipline problem, and not a criminal problem, and that it was up to them to resolve?

If he had, would he have gotten in trouble for that?

It's legit to question how we went about it once he was determined to remove her. I'm sure it could have been done better. But, once he goes to physically remove her from a chair/desk combo, and she resists, it's going to be ugly.

Also, if the decision to physically remove the child was wrong, what if any consequences should the administrator, who summoned the SRO, face?

 

Cranberry was quoting WriteThinking who seemed upset about the girl's "outright disrespect."

I have always felt that you earned respect. So if you don't get respect from somebody, maybe it's on you. Or maybe there is someting serious going on with the other person.

I'd say an orphan girl in foster care has a lot going on and might just decide she is going to stick to her guns and be stubborn even when it's pretty dumb and pointless to do so.

Authority figures who lash out when they aren't show enough deference are pretty low in my book.

 

I think you'll find this feeling is more prevalent among urban teens than it is among SJ.com members.

 

Yeah, let's roll it back over there.

 

Are you implying that the teacher -- and then the administrator -- lashed out as a result of feeling they'd not been shown their due respect?

 

WriteThinking also, it should not be lost, excitedly agreed that this incident was a perfect illustration of why Asian-Americans succeed in America and African-Americans do not.

 

No. The SRO did.

But the tone of the post is that if you show "outright disrespect," you get what's coming to you.

 

Not trying to derail the discussion, but if you read about some of the gang related shootings, "disrespect" is a big motive. Hell, we've seen guys in Chicago get shot for disrespectful rap lyrics.

 

I've seen some of those movies, yes.

 

No, that's not correct. WT noted that "this incident is a perfect illustration of at least part of the answer ..."

 

As well as a "major factor":

And, you'll remember that, in the Asians/African-Americans/success thread, I suggested that a major factor in success/the lack thereof pertained to respect -- for education, for knowledge, for authority.

 

The SRO's responsibility is to remove the student from the classroom. There were expectations regarding how he was to do that, of course, and he did not meet those expectations, which is why he was fired. Perhaps his failure to live up to those expectations resulted from his not receiving his due respect, but I doubt it.

But just so we're clear here: Even had he followed the protocol to the letter, that girl was coming out of that classroom.