Boy, 9, cuffed over grope rap
March 21, 2006
Charges dropped against teacher in student sex case
ORLANDO, Fla. - State prosecutors decided Tuesday to drop charges against a former Tampa teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old middle school student.
Let me get this straight, white hottie teacher screws student gets slap on the wrist and let go. Little black boy 9 (may have) “copped a feel” with the lunch lady, gets taken away in handcuffs. Alrighty then! Just thinkin’ out loud.
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BY DORIAN BLOCK, ALISON GENDAR and ROBERT F. MOORE
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
A 9-year-old boy accused of groping a lunch lady at his Brooklyn school was hauled from class in handcuffs - sparking his father to lash out yesterday at cops’ treatment of the third-grader.
“They didn’t have to put him in handcuffs,” said Rolando Syffrard Sr., 60. “He’s not a criminal.”
He said that officials at Public School 116 in Bushwick didn’t call him until after the scared boy already had been taken to the 83rd Precinct stationhouse Wednesday.
“The school called the house and told us to pick him up at the police [station],” Syffrard said. “This is not the way they’re supposed to do it. They’re supposed to call me before taking him out of the school.”
School officials said Rolando Syffrard Jr. was in the cafeteria Monday and tried to squeeze between the aide, who was emptying trash, and a garbage can. He allegedly touched the woman inappropriately, officials said.
The boy was put on in-house suspension, but school officials didn’t call the police, because they didn’t consider the incident a criminal matter.
Sources said the cafeteria worker who makes about $25,000 a year, called police two days later and said the boy rubbed his crotch against her and grabbed her butt.
But Syffrard said his son, who stands about 4 feet tall and weighs 95 pounds, accidentally groped the woman when he fell. “I believe my son,” Syffrard said. “He slipped and fell on the lady.”
The younger Syffrard was at the police station for just under an hour before he was released to his parents, cops said. Cops issued him a juvenile report, accusing him of forcible touching. Police said the case would be referred to Family Court. Court officials said they weren’t aware of the case, suggesting the boy hasn’t been formally charged.
Police defended their use of handcuffs, saying the boy was belligerent. “Even minors are handcuffed to assure the safety of both the police officer and the individual in custody,” said NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne. “And the practice is well within guidelines.”
Still, most parents arriving at the Knickerbocker Ave. school to pick up their kids yesterday called the restraints excessive. “Arresting him with handcuffs on is the real crime,” said Delfina Ortiz, the mother of a first-grader.
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May 5th, 2006 at 7:51 pm
OMG - Will the hegemonic practices of the American police ever end?
Of course this kid’s gonna get taken away in cuffs - he was arrested. They did the same thing to the “white hottie teacher” when they arrested her.
Let’s just wait to see how this plays out in the courts - if charges are even brought.
May 6th, 2006 at 12:23 am
“They’re supposed to call me before taking him out of the school”
YOU DON’T ARREST A 9 YEAR OLD!! This was bullshit! And BTW she was not dragged around in handcuffs, they treated this little hoe bitch like she was a movie star. But Noooo the little Negro boy need the Gitmo treatment!
May 6th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
Hmmm… I don’t know where you’re livin’ but in my neighborhood, kids get arrested at school all the time.
I’m not saying the teacher didn’t get some preferential type treatment - beautiful people usually do. But kids or teachers who get arrested, get cuffed and often make the news.