Thursday, March 09, 2006

altercation

ok, so this was the big news today in my thursday county....from the Danville Advocate Messenger.......Two young pupils face felony charges after they allegedly attacked another student and teacher at Waynesburg Elementary School last week.

An 8-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother were taken out of the school in handcuffs and transported to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department after officers were called to the school about 8 a.m. March 2, The Interior Journal reported today.

The boy is charged with third-degree assault on a police officer, terroristic threatening and resisting arrest. The girl faces two counts of third-degree assault, terroristic threatening and attempting to disarm a police officer.

The article describes how the 8-year old girl, when confronted with the arrival of the police officer...screamed that 'she was gonna kill her a cop' (as told to me by my workmates)....and tried to grab his gun out of his holster........needless to say....she has been suspended from school.......the buzz at work was about how a child of 8 could be so brutal as to attempt to beat up a classmate, as well as the teacher who tried to break up the fight......what will this girl be like at 16?.......will she live to 18?........where does one house a child who is already in such a state at less than half the legal age of reason?........the subject of drugs also came up.....as in 'what sort of drugs-legal and illegal-have molded her, whether we are talking prenatal exposure, or daytoday exposure....that area of lincoln county is known for its serious meth problem.....one wonders if this child's brain is already fried.........so tragic...............

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