U.S. police pepper-spray 8-year-old boy

[evanovitch]

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.

<span style="font-weight: bold">“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.”</span>
His mother, Mandy, said she wants police in Lakewood to get special training in dealing with children. She said her son has a history of behavioral problems and has responded to rationalization in previous outbursts.

“I don't think a child should get pepper-sprayed,” the woman said.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Asked on ABC's Good Morning America whether he meant it when he told police he wanted to kill them, the boy responded: “A little.”</span>
Police say pepper-spraying the boy was the safest option.

“I kind of deserved it,” Aidan conceded to Today.

The mother said her son was in a special program for children with behavioral problems. He has since transferred to another school.

[Gen]

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Yuh waan see the likkel wretch pan tv this mawning

Why dem nuh send him guh special Ed school cause the mother admits that is only () when him guh school that him have behavioural
problems.

He admits to wanting to hurt others suh a guess
dem waiting for him to shoot somebody

[evanovitch]

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wen mi see him mi wonda wat him experiencing at home to have all dat rage ...spray di likkle brute yes...him deh deh pon tv a chat bout how him wanted fi mek someting sharp...an all di modda haffi seh is dat him ha problems...dem shudda slap di taste outta fi har mout afta dem spray di likkle mass murderer in training...

[Gen]

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I remember looking at her and thinking that &quot;I&quot; would be mortified if &quot;my&quot; child did something like that, to the point that appearing on tv would not be an option

mi wouldan did shame suh till \o/ dem parents yah nowadays don't have one drap a shame and is sameway the children dem grow widout shame tree

[jah_yout]

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dem yute yah diffrant


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[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dem yute yah diffrant

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mi neva know dem could cuff dem dat young..but di likkle bwoy no easy...

[jah_yout]

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too young for handcuffs?

try leg irons

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">too young for handcuffs?

try leg irons

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hold up deh..is wat him do so star? fi real...him mix up di crayon pack pon spite....

[Gen]

Re: U.S. police pepper-spray 8-year-old boy

Mix up the crayon pack A deading


maybe is kill him kill smaddy

[Suesumba]

Re: U.S. police pepper-spray 8-year-old boy

he has been taught

[Tulip]

Re: U.S. police pepper-spray 8-year-old boy

Pepper spray would have seemed like a minor reaction once I got home. I think more children need to have to go pick their own switch out these days.

This one sounded like he needed to be in the EC class so that's a little more than just bad behavior on his part. Well, at least he transferred schools so hopefully they have a class to help meet his needs.

At my mom's school, they were planning to cut out the EC program. (I believe that stood for emotionally conflicted.) They sent over this lady from the school board to sit in on the class. The teacher did not give them their meds that morning and when the children got through cussing that lady out, they had the EC program in place at least until my mom retired.

[andronian2]

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Mi cyaan seh nutn without the details of what led to the situation.
Because the police have a way to escalate matters sometimes.

[kia027]

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the boy says he acts out at school because he misses his mom (I guess mom has to work)... sounds weird that the child only acts out at school, not at soccer, nor at home

maybe he does not like the structure of school and is he run tings at home?

[jamaica_dreamin]

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Hopefully. he will get the help he needs now.

[Gen]

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True, however that's the 3rd or more times the cops have been called to school for that boy. Reports are that teachers sometimes lock themselves in closets trying to get away from the boy.




<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: andronian2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mi cyaan seh nutn without the details of what led to the situation.
Because the police have a way to escalate matters sometimes. </div></div>