6-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed for Allegedly Taking Candy from Teacher’s Desk
A 6-year-old schoolgirl at Fernwood Elementary in Chicago, Madisyn Moore, was reportedly dragged out of her class and handcuffed by the school resource officer for taking candy from her teacher’s desk. Her mum, Marlena Wordlaw, who arrived at the school about an hour later, found her sitting in a dark stairwell in handcuffs.
In an interview with NBC Chicago, Wordlaw said she asked the resource officer why he had her daughter in handcuffs and he allegedly said, ‘Because I’m trying to teach them to stop taking stuff that don’t belong to them. I’m doing my job, I’m trying to teach her a lesson.’
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She added that when he pulled her from under the stairs 50 minutes later, she was crying.
The school principal subsequently tried tendering an apology but Wordlaw will have none of it. She said,
“I don’t accept your apology ever. I’m more angry than anything because it’s my only daughter. I feel like anything could have happened to her. Somebody could have touched her. She’s in the dark under the stairs.”
She reportedly plans to file a lawsuit.
What do you think? Was that child abuse or discipline?
Complete child abuse. I support the mum filing a lawsuit.
This is too extreme, anything could have happened to her. She should file and i trust she will get paid for this madness.
Correct child abuse
Abuse. There are other forms of punishment. That was too much for a 6years old.
Not only keeping her in the dark but in handcuffs too.That is child abuse na.I like the woman for not accepting any apology
What rubbish
This is complete child abuse, there are other measures
This is complete child abuse, there are other measure of discipline na.
Aren’t nonsense
No Na dis is too big for dis child
Hmmmmm
I though nigeria police are the worst,I give my hand for this clueless one,did they think about the effect its gonna have on the child
they took this too far….
Hmmmm
Just because of candy you have to handcuff a child to teach her a lesson? Nonsense
Way too far!! Such disciplinary act isn’t appropriate for her age please!
she went extreme oo
that was harsh
Not ok at all
No this is too much