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05-05-08, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by astmartins
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Never said it wasn't but the root of the problem would also be assessed if the mother or father(if hes around)had taken care of business the kid would not even be in the position to be handcuffed by the Police in the first place....yes its OTT as per usual but lets step back a bit..
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Yes let's step back a bit.
My FIRST concern is with the 'arresting and escorting away in handcuffs".
How any one can latch on to the '"Where did he learn to hit a woman in the face" as the first focus, beats me. I have seen kids under 2 years old strike AN adult (in the face and other places) let alone another child. Surely one would not advocate that the IMMEDIATE reaction to such instances would be to HANDCUFF AND PUT IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR?
I tell you, no white parent would stand for that, yet we here we have a black person coming out in OUTRAGE that a 8 year old could hit a woman, whilst barely battering an eye-lid at the obvious OVER THE TOP AND TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE REACTION in response to the actions (unacceptable they be? yes) of that 8 year young African male, hardly out of kindergarten. I sometimes wonder if we are for real.
Sure there is the issue of a child showing such disrespect to an adult (particular one in authority) and certainly the behaviour of our young is something which Society (parents and adults in general) need to address at every level (I am not making excuses for the behaviour by any means). However, we should NEVER, NEVER take it lightly when our young (Africans) are being subject to a level of EXCESSIVE PUNISHMENT OR CORRECTIVE ACTION, totally out of proportion to the 'crime'. Damn! we (well some of us) concur with the banning of smacking/slippering/canning etc. in schools......so how can "Calling in the police to HANDCUFF (handcuff an 8 year old for ****'s sake!) and take away in a police car", be an acceptable alternative?
I am amazed when I see my fellow Africans ready to support, justify or excuse OUTRAGEOUS, REACTIONARY TREATMENT of our people by WHITE AUTHORITY on the grounds of "WELL WE SHOULDN'T BE BEHAVING THAT WAY".
Hell, I am NOT saying let bad behaviour slide (bad behaviour has to be dealt with no matter the colour of the perpetrator), but let's step back for a moment and look at the thing in the wider context.
Is handcuffing and bundling into a police car the ONLY or MOST APPROPRIATE method for CORRECTING unsociable or unacceptable behavour displayed by our VERY YOUNG?
In private I may well want to take the mother into a side room and give her a lecture about child rearing. But in public I would be shouting (as we all should) that THIS 'reaction' is NOT ACCEPTABLE, NO WAY!
Respect
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