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Wow, That must have been some tantrum. Even the kid said he probably deserved it.
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Colo. police pepper-spray misbehaving boy, 8
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The mother of an 8-year-old boy pepper-sprayed by suburban Denver police as he threw a violent tantrum at his elementary school said Wednesday that she wishes authorities had chosen to talk him down instead.
Police in Lakewood say they pepper-sprayed 8-year-old Aidan Elliott twice Feb. 22 at Glennon Heights Elementary School after he refused to drop a piece of wooden wall trim that he was trying to stab them with.
"I wanted to make something sharp, like if they came out, 'cause i was so mad at them," the boy said on NBC's "Today" show. "I was going to try to whack them with it."
some mother. her kid overreacted to whatever initial situation when he made the decision to pick up a piece of wood so he could stab another human. both choices were unnecessary. what double standard message is she sending her kid? that it's okay for him to overreact but not for others to do the same? u get what u give
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Originally Posted by Moose Whisperer
They should have driven the kid home then sprayed the parents as well.
My question is, why would a child try to WHACK someone? This child had something to be used as a weapon in their hands, this child's parents are fairly lucky the end result was pepper spray, and not juvenile hall.
Absolute nonsense. That is not how to control an eight year old. The adults involved sound more inadequate than the kid.
If an 8 year old kid is coming at me with a sharp piece of wood, and he's violently throwing a tantrum, and I had pepper spray on my belt, you best believe I'd be using it.
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