From a Maryland Board of Education meeting on Common Core:
Here's more on the arrest from The Blaze:
“Don’t stand for this,” the father said as he was dragged out. “You are sitting here like cattle! Is this America?”
(Robert) Small also urged other parents to demand answers on Common Core and the curriculum being used to educate their children.
As the Baltimore Sun reports, the officer then “pushed Small and then escorted him into the hall, handcuffed him and had him sit on the curb in front of the school.”
Small was charged with second-degree assault of a police officer and faces a $2,500 fine and up to 10 years in prison. He was also charged with disturbing a school operation, which carries an additional $2,500 and up to six months in jail.
The meetings were Delphi technique similar to what DESE held in Missouri earlier this year. Remember the article about the Lindbergh meeting where there were many Robert Smalls? Small is correct: Don't sit like cattle and let them take your kids and your state's right to develop/direct education.
Is this America anymore?
I
was at the meeting standing along the side of the gymnasium with a
clear view of the entire proceedings. Mr. Small never gave any
indication, either verbal or by physical movement, that he intended to
push the officer. Had he done as alleged, it would have occurred prior
to the officer properly identifying himself as a police officer. I
will gladly testify in court to this fact.
Under Maryland law, an person is guilty of assault in the second degree if he/she is found to have caused “physical injury” to another person. Physical injury means impairment of physical condition, including minor injuries. The video of this on YouTube clearly shows Mr. Small repeatedly backing down from the officer while talking. The officer clearly has no physical injury from this encounter.
My observation was that this meeting was simply a PR stunt by BCPS so that they could say they held meetings, yet they failed to address any questions of substance from those in attendance. They accepted written questions only yet Dr. Dance hand-picked those which were easily answered with canned responses. Multiple times parents called out asking him to answer all questions. Dr. Dance ignored these requests. People became afraid to speak out with questions or comments for fear they too would be met with an unwarranted police response.
- See more at: http://discussions.baltimoresun.com/20/balnews/bs-md-co-common-core-arrest-20130920/10#sthash.LqZ59jYZ.dpuf
Under Maryland law, an person is guilty of assault in the second degree if he/she is found to have caused “physical injury” to another person. Physical injury means impairment of physical condition, including minor injuries. The video of this on YouTube clearly shows Mr. Small repeatedly backing down from the officer while talking. The officer clearly has no physical injury from this encounter.
My observation was that this meeting was simply a PR stunt by BCPS so that they could say they held meetings, yet they failed to address any questions of substance from those in attendance. They accepted written questions only yet Dr. Dance hand-picked those which were easily answered with canned responses. Multiple times parents called out asking him to answer all questions. Dr. Dance ignored these requests. People became afraid to speak out with questions or comments for fear they too would be met with an unwarranted police response.
- See more at: http://discussions.baltimoresun.com/20/balnews/bs-md-co-common-core-arrest-20130920/10#sthash.LqZ59jYZ.dpuf
I
was at the meeting standing along the side of the gymnasium with a
clear view of the entire proceedings. Mr. Small never gave any
indication, either verbal or by physical movement, that he intended to
push the officer. Had he done as alleged, it would have occurred prior
to the officer properly identifying himself as a police officer. I
will gladly testify in court to this fact.
Under Maryland law, an person is guilty of assault in the second degree if he/she is found to have caused “physical injury” to another person. Physical injury means impairment of physical condition, including minor injuries. The video of this on YouTube clearly shows Mr. Small repeatedly backing down from the officer while talking. The officer clearly has no physical injury from this encounter.
My observation was that this meeting was simply a PR stunt by BCPS so that they could say they held meetings, yet they failed to address any questions of substance from those in attendance. They accepted written questions only yet Dr. Dance hand-picked those which were easily answered with canned responses. Multiple times parents called out asking him to answer all questions. Dr. Dance ignored these requests. People became afraid to speak out with questions or comments for fear they too would be met with an unwarranted police response.
- See more at: http://discussions.baltimoresun.com/20/balnews/bs-md-co-common-core-arrest-20130920/10#sthash.LqZ59jYZ.dpuf
Under Maryland law, an person is guilty of assault in the second degree if he/she is found to have caused “physical injury” to another person. Physical injury means impairment of physical condition, including minor injuries. The video of this on YouTube clearly shows Mr. Small repeatedly backing down from the officer while talking. The officer clearly has no physical injury from this encounter.
My observation was that this meeting was simply a PR stunt by BCPS so that they could say they held meetings, yet they failed to address any questions of substance from those in attendance. They accepted written questions only yet Dr. Dance hand-picked those which were easily answered with canned responses. Multiple times parents called out asking him to answer all questions. Dr. Dance ignored these requests. People became afraid to speak out with questions or comments for fear they too would be met with an unwarranted police response.
- See more at: http://discussions.baltimoresun.com/20/balnews/bs-md-co-common-core-arrest-20130920/10#sthash.LqZ59jYZ.dpuf
Thank God Arne Duncan wasn't there giving a presentation. He would have had security armed with those shotguns he bought, and Mr. Small might not be around at all today. Seriously? "Security" at a school board meeting? Back in the day, they served punch and cookies.
ReplyDeleteThe charges against this parent better be dropped-lest the police department and the school system want the charges reversed against themselves.
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