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An 11-year old refused to recite Pledge of Allegiance, saying it's racist. Teacher asked why he didn't go live elsewhere. The kid was arrested for becoming disruptive, taken to juvenile detention center, & charged with misdemeanor. yahoo.com/lifestyle/boy-… baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/… 
based on the article, the part about the teacher asking an 11-year old "why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live" seems to be *self-reported* by the teacher.
there's many angles to this story — most obviously the policing of claims about racial justice, and the jingoism that the teacher is using the Pledge of Allegiance to promote — & also how we criminalize the behavior of kids & the lifelong consequences such treatment will have
^ North Dakota is right now considering a bill that would raise the age at which children can be sent to the juvenile justice system from 7 to 10. Though during one of the legislative debates, one lawmaker wondered if 10 is not still too young.
One of story's most telling aspects is how it's deemed absolutely normal, routine, & reasonable (here by Lakeland's Police Department) for an 11-year old child to be arrested, held in detention center, & charged. When that's big part of story (see above).
Police: 11-year old child was arrested by "School Resource Officer" for disturbance & threats & taken to "Juvenile Assessment Center." (Amount of euphemistic jargon...) Arrest was for "Disrupting a School Function" & "Resisting Officer Without Violence" myemail.constantcontact.com/Student-Arrest…
