(Bay News 9) – An 11-year-old Polk County student refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, and after explaining his reasons, he was kicked out of class and eventually arrested for being disruptive and disobeying commands to calm down and leave the classroom. He was also suspended for three days.
The incident happened at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland on February 4. The sixth-grader was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center, charged with disrupting a school function and resisting arrest without violence. The student’s mother, Dhakira Talbot, said her son is in gifted classes and has been bullied at the school in the past. READ MORE
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