Handcuffed at School

by Kristina Chew · 2009-01-14 02:00:00 UTC
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handcuffs by And-reyOn an 8-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome because she wanted to attend a Christmas party wearing a cow sweatshirt? From yesterday's KXLY.com in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, about Evelyn Towry, a third grader at Kootenai Elementary:

"She wanted to attend a Christmas party in her cow sweatshirt and they told her she couldn't that she would have to tuck the tail in and put ears down and she dug her heels in the way she does quite often and said she wouldn't take it off," Evelyn's mom Spring said.

Spring says that when Evelyn tried to leave anyway two teachers restrained her, which is when Evelyn began kicking, pinching and spitting on the teachers.

"Well, I kicked because I was upset they were holding me down and I got thumb bruises on me," Evelyn said.

School officials then called the police and Evelyn's mom. When Spring got to school to pick her daughter up police were already escorting Evelyn in handcuffs out of the building and into a police cruiser. Police then took her to a local juvenile detention center where she stayed for an hour, after which she was allowed to go home.

Some school district needs a wake-up fast.........

Photo by And-rey.

Kristina Chew
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