Two students at Wyomina Park Elementary
School in Ocala, Fla., were caught doodling in class. The 9- and 10-
year-old boys had drawn stick figures purportedly showing a classmate
being hanged, with other stick figures "holding knives pointed through"
his body.
The teacher called in the school's dean, who called in the
police, who called in the State Attorney's Office for consultation.
The boys were arrested, handcuffed and charged with "making a written
threat to kill or harm another person," a felony. The mother of the 9-
year-old says her son was upset at the boy supposedly in the drawing
since that boy had been pushing and shoving him at school. She said her
son, a special education student, would not be able to associate the
drawing with actual physical violence. (Ocala Star-Banner) ...With him
in jail, then, the bullying is complete.
School in Ocala, Fla., were caught doodling in class. The 9- and 10-
year-old boys had drawn stick figures purportedly showing a classmate
being hanged, with other stick figures "holding knives pointed through"
his body.
The teacher called in the school's dean, who called in the
police, who called in the State Attorney's Office for consultation.
The boys were arrested, handcuffed and charged with "making a written
threat to kill or harm another person," a felony. The mother of the 9-
year-old says her son was upset at the boy supposedly in the drawing
since that boy had been pushing and shoving him at school. She said her
son, a special education student, would not be able to associate the
drawing with actual physical violence. (Ocala Star-Banner) ...With him
in jail, then, the bullying is complete.
