Did y'all read the article? The story I saw on CNN this morning, said the student was on her cell phone in class. The teacher asked her to put it away, she refused. The teacher asked her to leave the room several times...she refused. The assistant principle asked her to leave the room several times...she refused. The officer was called he asked her to leave the room, she refused. The offer told her that if she didn't leave the room he would physically remove her. When she would not leave, guess what? He physically removed her, cuffed and arrested her. Later the cell phone part was reported to be incorrect. But she was clearly asked to leave the room several times due to some sort of disruptive behavior and would not. "I'm not doing anything wrong.", was the only reply reported.
Was the cop too rough? She was more gently treated than the couple of times I was told to move by a cop (at about the same age), and I did not move fast enough.
But I'm left to anticipate that shortly we will find out that the only reason the whole thing happened, including the teacher's requesting her to leave the room and the assistant principal's requesting her to leave the room, is because she's black.
I can tell y'all one thing for sure. Had this been me...after the old man bailed me out, as soon as he got me home, it would have been tune-up time.