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A sixth grader in Florida was arrested after his refusal to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance escalated into a confrontation with police and school officials, authorities said.

The unnamed boy was charged with disrupting a school function and resisting an officer without violence on Feb. 4, the Lakeland Police Department said in a news release.


A local news outlet, Bay News 9, reported that the confrontation began after the student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, near Tampa, called the flag racist and described the national anthem as offensive.

Citing a statement provided to the Polk School District by the boy’s substitute teacher, the station reported that the teacher asked him, “why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live."

“They brought me here,” the boy replied, according to the statement.

After the teacher told him he could “always go back,” she called the school's office “because I did not want to continue dealing with him,” the station reported.

The district did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday, but a school spokesman told the Ledger, a local newspaper, that students are not required to participate in the pledge.

The spokesman, Kyle Kennedy, told the newspaper that the teacher, Ana Alvarez, wasn’t aware of that policy and would no longer work with the district.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...sal-participate-pledge-allegiance-led-n972671

I stand with Kaep! Good to see kids exercising their 1st Amendment right to not stand or participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Any good American that supports freedom of speech should also support the freedom of expression to not stand for a Pledge of Allegiance or National Anthem. Unlike Kaepernick, this isn't on an employer's time where an argument can be made that it's a disciplinary issue up to the team, but this is on the government's time, and they shouldn't be forcing someone to express themselves according to how that government believe they should be.
 
Lol it almost looks like a meme
"you can always go back"
 
They should have just ignored the kid, but I find a lot of teachers are control freaks who cannot stand it when things do not go their way. Teachers have a tendency to create problems for themselves.
 
If I was that substitute teacher I would have ignored the kid (even if I didn't know the school policy). You're job already sucks enough and getting into with a kid at the beginning of the day is a recipe for a real shitty rest of it.
 
If I was that substitute teacher I would have ignored the kid (even if I didn't know the school policy). You're job already sucks enough and getting into with a kid at the beginning of the day is a recipe for a real shitty rest of it.
Just checked some other sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-after-refusing-pledge-allegiance/2900253002/
It isn't that simple. The teacher was being patient and the little shit wouldn't stop.
The substitute, identified by district officials as Ana Alvarez, said, "Well, you can always go back because I came here from Cuba and the day I feel I'm not welcome here anymore, I would find another place to live."

Alvarez said she called the office on Feb. 4 because she did not want to keep "dealing with him," according to her statement. An officer and a school administrator tried to calm the student, the Lakeland Police Department said in a Sunday night press release. The administrator asked him to leave the classroom more than 20 times, police said, and the student allegedly made threats while being escorted to the office.

Kaepernick instilling some good values on kids. Hate your country because your ancestors were slaves 150 years ago. You would be much happier living in Ghana nowadays.
I wonder how these people will deal with the fact that the people that enslaved them, the English, will not even be around as a majority any longer? They will keep bitching about it to Cuban and Mexican-Americans too? 100 years from now when white americans are 30% who will they blame?
 
Just checked some other sources:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-after-refusing-pledge-allegiance/2900253002/
It isn't that simple. The teacher was being patient and the little shit wouldn't stop.


Kaepernick instilling some good values on kids. Hate your country because your ancestors were slaves 150 years ago. You would be much happier living in Ghana nowadays.
I wonder how these people will deal with the fact that the people that enslaved them, the English, will not even be around as a majority any longer? They will keep bitching about it to Cuban and Mexican-Americans too? 100 years from now when white americans are 30% who will they blame?

Not standing for the anthem means you hate your country?

Look at that leap ladies and gentlemen
 
"Don't taze me, bro!" - 6th grade student in Florida
 
Seems like a fairly clear violation of the student's rights.
 
I’m a teacher and I can’t imagine calling police over something like this. So bizarre.
 
I think if investigated further the police involvement was not based on the kids refusal to stand...But that headline certainly will get more attention...
 
Here’s a real genius ready to teach America’s children.

“Well, you can always go back To where you came”

“ I’m 11”
 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...sal-participate-pledge-allegiance-led-n972671

I stand with Kaep! Good to see kids exercising their 1st Amendment right to not stand or participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Any good American that supports freedom of speech should also support the freedom of expression to not stand for a Pledge of Allegiance or National Anthem. Unlike Kaepernick, this isn't on an employer's time where an argument can be made that it's a disciplinary issue up to the team, but this is on the government's time, and they shouldn't be forcing someone to express themselves according to how that government believe they should be.

So our proud Cuban immigrant teacher who says the kid should move somewhere else is unaware that the fucking SCOTUS ruled specifically years ago that students do not have to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. She is both a shitty teacher and a shitty citizen.
 
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Must be a slow news day in the unusual state of Florida.
 
It sounds like the issue has been handled. But, let's continue to bitch and moan since it makes us all feel better.
 
Holy fake news click-bait thread title Batman.

Kid wasn't arrested for anything that had to do with the pledge, he was arrested for being disruptive and making threats.
 
So our proud Cuban immigrant teacher who says the kid should move somewhere else is unaware that the fucking SCOTUS ruled specifically rules years ago that students do not have to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. She is both a shitty teacher and a shitty citizen.


And like I said above, “he’s 11”

Where is he moving to
 
The little ungrateful brat should be put in the next boat together with his parents (assuming his has any) back to his shithole country.
 
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