7 Year Old Faces Possible Sexual Harassment Charges For Defending Himself

[Patranus]

BOSTON (CBS) – A 7-year-old boy is being investigated by his South Boston elementary school for possible sexual harassment after kicking another boy in the crotch.

The first grader’s mother, Tasha Lynch, says she was shocked by the school’s decision.

“He’s 7 years old. He doesn’t know anything about sexual harassment,” she said.

Lynch’s son, Mark Curran, said the boy that he kicked had been bullying him on the school bus ride home from Tynan Elementary last week.

“He just all of a sudden came up to him, choked him. He wanted to take his gloves, and my son said, ‘I couldn’t breathe, so I kicked him in the testicles,’” said his mother.

WBZ-TV’s Christina Hager reports

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Lynch described a phone call she received from the school explaining that the case will be treated like sexual harassment, due to what it considers inappropriate touching.

“‘Your son kicked a little boy in the testicles. We call that sexual harassment,’” Lynch said the school told her.

She said she’s been asked to attend a disciplinary hearing at the school Monday.

A Boston Public Schools spokesperson said officials are investigating, but won’t comment further, since it’s a private matter.

Lynch wants an apology and better supervision on the school bus to prevent such fights among students.

“He couldn’t breathe. He was trying to defend himself,” she said. “I don’t find that sexual harassment. I find that defending himself.”

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/...e-sexual-harassment-for-kicking-boy-in-groin/

And people wonder why the public school system doesn't work.

 

[Nintendesert]

A lot of kids are taught to kick someone in the nuts to defend themselves. A lot of women are too. This school is being idiotic and won't push this much more after it has received national attention. The kid will be fine in the long run. The school officials however will die as stupid as they are today. The real tragedy is they will probably keep "educating" kids or making policy for many years until they do kick off.

 

[davmat787]

Getting kicked in the nuts, and returning the favor is a rite of passage. Ridiculous.

 

[Slew Foot]

Loliberals

 

[Spikesoldier]

and the pussification of america continues.

 

[spidey07]

Just what the fuck is happening to our country.

Oh yeah, fucking liberals.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

This is sheer stupidity, assuming it's true. (The article doesn't really indicate there is an investigation - all we have is the kid's mother saying someone at the school referred to the incident as "sexual harassment," and at this point all we have regarding the incident itself is what the kid says - there is presumably another side to the story.) I will say that while the moron who conceived of this being sexual harassment is probably liberal, that doesn't suggest most liberals are so lacking in common sense that they would agree with that notion.

 

[Nemesis 1]

A lot of kids are taught to kick someone in the nuts to defend themselves. A lot of women are too. This school is being idiotic and won't push this much more after it has received national attention. The kid will be fine in the long run. The school officials however will die as stupid as they are today. The real tragedy is they will probably keep "educating" kids or making policy for many years until they do kick off.

What else would you expect from a liberal. School system/

 

[MotF Bane]

Yeah, Massachusetts!

 

[waggy]

IF thats what happened the boy has nothing to worry about. any court is going to laugh this one out of the court house.

 

[pcgeek11]

Sounds like the school admin needs a good nut kicking.

 

[davmat787]

Whomever is responsible for this policy (that nut kicking = sexual harassment) should go to a self defense class for women, talk to the instructor, and get back to us.

 

[Schadenfroh]

We need the school's side of the story...


But, if this is sexual assault, then paddling (ass beating) is sexual assault as well. Nut kicking is standard self-defense practice...

Yeah, Massachusetts!

MassStupidity++

 

[JSt0rm]

Just what the fuck is happening to our country.

Oh yeah, fucking liberals.

lol

 

[Broheim]

seriously america, seriously...

 

[dmcowen674]

Zero Tolerance is a Republican ideology not liberal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_tolerance

In 1982, conservatives James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling formulated their theory in the article Broken Windows

According to scholars, zero tolerance is the concept of giving carte blanche to the police for the inflexible repression of minor offenses, homeless people and the disorders associated with them

It has been alleged that in New York, the decline of crimes rate started well before Rudy Giuliani came to power, in 1993, and none of the decreasing processes had particular inflection under him.[13][14] and that in the same period of time, the decrease in crime was the same in the other major US cities, even those with an opposite security policy. But the experience of the vast majority of New Yorkers led them to precisely the opposite conclusion and allowed a Republican to win, and hold, the Mayor's office for the first time in decades in large part because of the perception that zero tolerance policing was key to the improving crime situation in New York.

Criticism

Some critics have argued that "Zero tolerance" policing violates the Law Enforcement Code of Conduct passed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, which says in part: "The fundamental duties of a police officer include serving the community, safeguarding lives and property, protecting the innocent, keeping the peace and ensuring the rights of all to liberty, equality and justice" (cited in Robinson, 2002). This code requires that police behave in a courteous and fair manner, that they treat all citizens in a respectable and decent manner, and that they never use unnecessary force. As Robinson (2002: 206) explains:

Zero-tolerance policing runs counter to community policing and logical crime prevention efforts. To whatever degree street sweeps are viewed by citizens as brutal, suspect, militaristic, or the biased efforts of 'outsiders,' citizens will be discouraged from taking active roles in community building activities and crime prevention initiatives in conjunction with the police. Perhaps this is why the communities that most need neighborhood watch programs are least likely to be populated by residents who take active roles in them.
​

Critics say that zero-tolerance policing will fail because its practice destroys several important requisites for successful community policing, namely police accountability, openness to the public, and community cooperation (Cox and Wade 1998: 106).


Opponents of zero tolerance believe that such a policy neglects investigation on a case-by-case basis and may lead to unreasonably harsh penalties for crimes that may not warrant such penalties in reality. Another criticism of zero-tolerance policies is that it gives officers and the legal system little discretion in dealing with offenders.



Zero-tolerance policies may prohibit their enforcers from making the punishment fit the crime.


It also may cause offenders to go all out, knowing if the punishment is the same for a little or a lot. This phenomenon of human nature is described in an adage that dates back to at least the 17th century, "might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb": until 1820, the English law prescribed hanging for stealing anything worth more than one shilling, whether that was a low-value lamb or a whole flock of sheep.[37]

 

[Marinski]

ass backwards

 

[Murloc]

the US definition of liberal is inaccurate and retarded.
US "conservatives" are extremely liberal, but they use that word as an insult toward oppositors.

 

[Broheim]

the US definition of liberal is inaccurate and retarded.
US "conservatives" are extremely liberal, but they use that word as an insult toward oppositors.

yeah americans can't really get that one right.

 

[Double Trouble]

... and to think, these are the individuals "educating" the children of this country. We are screwed.

 

[feralkid]

Just what the fuck is happening to our country.

Oh yeah, fucking liberals.

Quite the contrary. Zero tolerance was, and is most often championed by Republicans.

 

[matt0611]

I'm from massachusetts and this doesn't surprise me one bit.
This is the kind of shit you get when you live in the one party democrat state of MA.

 

[Rainsford]

Heh, I like how about 50% of the posts in this thread are blaming liberals (rather than idiots) for this policy. People really need to get a grip or we'll never be able to intelligently address any issues.

 

[woodie1]

Heh, I like how about 50% of the posts in this thread are blaming liberals (rather than idiots) for this policy. People really need to get a grip or we'll never be able to intelligently address any issues.

Seriously?

People really need to get a grip or we'll never be able to intelligently address any issues.

Good luck with that.

 

[WelshBloke]

“‘Your son kicked a little boy in the testicles. We call that sexual harassment,’” Lynch said the school told her.

OK, but then,

“He just all of a sudden came up to him, choked him. He wanted to take his gloves, and my son said, ‘I couldn’t breathe, so I kicked him in the testicles,’” said his mother.

Shouldn't we then call that attempted murder?

Alternatively we could just call it kids being kids, give them both a bollocking (with a quiet thumbs up to the nut kicker) and let them get on with life?