Pa. kindergartner suspended for alleged "terroristic threat," attorney says

[Jazzy]

(CBS) MT. CARMEL, Pa. - A five-year-old Pennsylvania kindergartner allegedly made comments while waiting for the school bus that landed her a lengthy suspension and a terroristic threat label, an attorney says, according to CBS Philly.



The girl, 5, who attends school in the Mount Carmel Area School District in Northumberland County, was waiting in line with friends on January 10 when according to her family's attorney, Robin Ficker, she said something to the effect of I'm gonna shoot you, you can shoot me and we can all play together, CBS Philly reports.



Ficker says an adult overheard the comment, searched the student's backpack and did not find a weapon.



She was referring to a Hello Kitty bubble gun, Ficker told the station.



According to Ficker, the next day the child was questioned by school administrators without a parent present and then given a letter of suspension for, making a terroristic threat. He said the letter stated the child was not to be readmitted to school without a psychiatric evaluation.



The evaluation was ultimately obtained and revealed no abnormalities, Ficker says.

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Do you think this 5 year old made a terroristic threat? Why or why not?

 

[DrLeftover]

Zero Tolerance policies sound so good when they're proposed to Keep The Children Safe, don't they?

 

[Evil Eye]

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I'd start making them if they forced me through that for such a stupid reason.

Whatever happened to running around shouting pew pew?

 

[Jazzy]

I remember playing cops and robbers when I was little. We all had fake plastic guns and shot each other. What a damn shame that kids are no longer able to be kids. Come on, a 5 year old? Give me a freakin' break.

 

[McConnaughay]

Jesus fucking Christ, this world is filled with idiots.