After a six-year-old Pennsylvania girl with Down Syndrome pointed her index finger at her teacher and said, “I shoot you,” the school district called the police.
A Pennsylvania mom is furious over the fact that cops were called out when her 6-year old daughter with Down Syndrome made a “finger gun” and pointed it at a teacher. https://t.co/da3J6oZ0rK
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) February 10, 2020
The Tredyffrin-Easttown School District said its policy called for the police to be contacted. Daily Local News reported:
The school’s principal Rebecca Wills quickly determined that there was not a threat and then followed district policy and convened a “threat assessment” team. The threat assessment team recommended no disciplinary action, and determined that a “transient threat” was made and no harm was made to the teacher or any classmates … Gaines then said that she received a call from the principal that police were going to be notified. The incident was reported to police 24 hours later. – READ MORE
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