Overgovernment: Terrorist Tots Edition
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Big Government
The fine folks in Pennsylvania’s Mount Carmel Area School District are at the front lines in the fight against terrorism, uncovering a budding young terrorists in our midst:
Talking with a friend about a pink toy bubble gun got a five-year-old kindergarten girl in the Mount Carmel Area School District labeled as a terrorist threat, according to an attorney.
The incident occurred Jan. 10 while the girl was waiting in line for a school bus, said Robin Ficker, the Maryland lawyer retained by the girl’s family. He would not identify the girl or her parents, but gave this version of events:
Talking with a friend, the girl said something to the effect “I’m going to shoot you and I will shoot myself” in reference to the device that shoots out bubbles. The girl did not have the bubble gun with her and has never shot a real gun in her life, Ficker said.
Elementary school officials learned of the conversation and questioned the girls the next day, Fickler said. He said the girl did not have a parent present during the 30 minutes of questioning.
The result, he said, was that the student was labeled a “terrorist threat” and suspended for 10 days, Ficker said. The school also required her to be evaluated by a psychologist, Ficker said.
The sentence was later reduced to two-days suspension, and the terrorist label dropped in exchange for “threat to harm another student.”
But even if the bleeding hearts are now going easy on this dangerous five-year-old kindergarten student, it’s good to know our government is ever vigilant against the threat of terrorism. For the children.