There's probably more to this story than what you can read from a media rapport - it usually is. Even so, it seems like this teacher A. has a serious anger management problem, and B. needs to learn some basic conflict management and control techniques.
Yes a 10-year-old child can absolutely do some harm to an adult, but come on... Do you seriously need a neck restraint technique or a choke hold to control a situation like this? Absolutely not if you know what you're doing.
Another discussion is the possible use of force by teachers. In my book there may be situations where such a need may arise. But again, you really must know what you're doing. And of course, any type of force should always be kept as the very last resort. There are no winners in a situation like this!
Story:
New York -- A 58-year-old substitute gym teacher allegedly put a 10-year-old student in a chokehold when the two got in an argument over a game of dodgeball in New Rochelle, according to wten.com.
Police said the teacher apparently called the student 'a big baby' and a 'crybaby' after they began arguing about a call.
The boy reportedly threw a punch but missed. The teacher then grabbed the boy by the back of the neck and dragged him across the gym floor. Police said the boy was held in a chokehold when he tried to break free.
The student was taken to a hospital with neck and back pain. The substitute teacher claimed he acted in self-defense.
Showing posts with label restraint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restraint. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Reasonable force?
It is always hard to determine how much force - and what type of force - is needed in any type of altercation.
It is very easy to be wise after the event! However, it may seem like these folks here (from Rootstown Township, Ohio) didn't have the skills and training needed to restrain a shoplifter who tried to take off - something very few have any type of experience to deal with unfortunately.
It is not too difficult if you work as a team - and if you have the proper type of techniques to hold someone (alone it is very difficult, no matter what your training might be).
What most people do wrong is to use too much weight upon a prone person - in effect choking the person to death, or using too much force on the neck or chest.
If something goes terribly wrong, you may end up being the target of a lawsuit, like the people in this case seems to be subject to.
In January 2004, a shop-lifter walked to a store parking lot after loading a cart with groceries. A manager and an employee approached the man, whereupon he attacked the employee. The two workers and two passers-by tried to restrain the man while waiting for police.
With the four men on top of him, the man died of asphyxiation from force applied to his neck and torso within minutes. A County coroner reportedly ruled the death a homicide.
It is very easy to be wise after the event! However, it may seem like these folks here (from Rootstown Township, Ohio) didn't have the skills and training needed to restrain a shoplifter who tried to take off - something very few have any type of experience to deal with unfortunately.
It is not too difficult if you work as a team - and if you have the proper type of techniques to hold someone (alone it is very difficult, no matter what your training might be).
What most people do wrong is to use too much weight upon a prone person - in effect choking the person to death, or using too much force on the neck or chest.
If something goes terribly wrong, you may end up being the target of a lawsuit, like the people in this case seems to be subject to.
In January 2004, a shop-lifter walked to a store parking lot after loading a cart with groceries. A manager and an employee approached the man, whereupon he attacked the employee. The two workers and two passers-by tried to restrain the man while waiting for police.
With the four men on top of him, the man died of asphyxiation from force applied to his neck and torso within minutes. A County coroner reportedly ruled the death a homicide.
Friday, December 07, 2007
'Flasher wrestling', assault
A 17-year-old son of a former police officer wrestled a "flasher" to the ground after the man allegedly exposed himself to his female friend. The karate black belt has now been arrested on suspicion of assault dailymail.co.uk reports.
Police initially arrested the man on suspicion of indecent exposure and took him in for questioning. He was released the next day without charge, and made a counter claim of assault.
The man is understood to have complained about scratches and bruises he suffered after being held on the ground.
Police initially arrested the man on suspicion of indecent exposure and took him in for questioning. He was released the next day without charge, and made a counter claim of assault.
The man is understood to have complained about scratches and bruises he suffered after being held on the ground.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Piece of garbage
California -- A man is accused of trying to rape a female manager at a Centre City motel before three employees and a good Samaritan subdued him with a garbage can lid and a piece of wood.
The 22-year-old suspect walked into the Motel 6 Friday afternoon and asked about a room, officials said.
Police said the man jumped over the counter and went after the clerk, who ran to the back office, where the 35-year-old female manager was working. The three struggled, and the fight spilled into the laundry room, where a maid was working.
The maid struck the assailant with a metal trash can lid. The clerk broke free and ran across the street to a liquor store for help, police said.
A liquor store employee ran back to Motel 6, saw the assailant on top of the manager and beat him with a piece of wood, police said. The Motel 6 manager suffered a broken nose and a cut lip.
Source
The 22-year-old suspect walked into the Motel 6 Friday afternoon and asked about a room, officials said.
Police said the man jumped over the counter and went after the clerk, who ran to the back office, where the 35-year-old female manager was working. The three struggled, and the fight spilled into the laundry room, where a maid was working.
The maid struck the assailant with a metal trash can lid. The clerk broke free and ran across the street to a liquor store for help, police said.
A liquor store employee ran back to Motel 6, saw the assailant on top of the manager and beat him with a piece of wood, police said. The Motel 6 manager suffered a broken nose and a cut lip.
Source
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The nose-hold
Are you telling me this "biting various parts" woman is having an anger management problem? And another thing - what's so unusual about the nose-hold? Or is this a perhaps a secret Maori warrior variation that I don't know about?
Story:
New Zealand -- A New Plymouth police constable was forced to apply a nose-hold on an offender to try to stop her from biting her. The unusual hold was clamped on a woman in February after police were called to a disturbance.
When the female officer and her partner arrived, they found the woman arguing with her son. She then turned on the constables, spitting in their faces, jumping on them and trying to bite various parts of their body.
Despite being pepper-sprayed, the 34-year-old unemployed New Plymouth woman punched the male officer three times in the head. The female officer tried to restrain her, but the woman clamped her jaws down on her arm, piercing her uniform and skin.
After the constables finally managed to restrain her with a nose-hold they needed medical treatment for cuts and severe bruising.
In court, the woman admitted injuring with intent and assaulting police. Her defence counsel said his client was undergoing counselling for several issues, including anger management.
Source
Story:
New Zealand -- A New Plymouth police constable was forced to apply a nose-hold on an offender to try to stop her from biting her. The unusual hold was clamped on a woman in February after police were called to a disturbance.
When the female officer and her partner arrived, they found the woman arguing with her son. She then turned on the constables, spitting in their faces, jumping on them and trying to bite various parts of their body.
Despite being pepper-sprayed, the 34-year-old unemployed New Plymouth woman punched the male officer three times in the head. The female officer tried to restrain her, but the woman clamped her jaws down on her arm, piercing her uniform and skin.
After the constables finally managed to restrain her with a nose-hold they needed medical treatment for cuts and severe bruising.
In court, the woman admitted injuring with intent and assaulting police. Her defence counsel said his client was undergoing counselling for several issues, including anger management.
Source
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A discovery
My kind of woman completely - this is one smart and tough mama :-)
Story:
Canada -- A Moose Jaw woman credits the Discovery Channel with saving her life after tips she learned on a program about shark attacks helped her fend off an intruder who broke into her apartment in Medicine Hat.
The 27-year-old female was alone in her home around 4:30 p.m. March 25 when she was confronted by a man armed with a crowbar, duct tape and handcuffs.
"I poked him in the eye like you do to a shark that’s attacking you," she said. "I was also trying to fish-hook my fingers inside his lips because I know that hurts. I scratched his hands really good and got as much of my blood on him as possible because I knew he’d have to have my DNA on him and I’d have to have his DNA on me for there to be any evidence."
Source
Story:
Canada -- A Moose Jaw woman credits the Discovery Channel with saving her life after tips she learned on a program about shark attacks helped her fend off an intruder who broke into her apartment in Medicine Hat.
The 27-year-old female was alone in her home around 4:30 p.m. March 25 when she was confronted by a man armed with a crowbar, duct tape and handcuffs.
"I poked him in the eye like you do to a shark that’s attacking you," she said. "I was also trying to fish-hook my fingers inside his lips because I know that hurts. I scratched his hands really good and got as much of my blood on him as possible because I knew he’d have to have my DNA on him and I’d have to have his DNA on me for there to be any evidence."
Source
Monday, April 02, 2007
Hazards at work, 39
Australia -- A 48-year-old woman punched a 26-year-old male nurse in the face and repeatedly struck him with her walking stick on December 8, 2003 because she was irate about having to wait for hospital treatment, a court has heard.
The hostile woman wanted to be seen "immediately" when she arrived at the Royal Brisbane Hospital's psychiatric ward about 2:40pm.
However, the woman was left to wait and as the nurse emerged from one of the wards she yelled out "you Scottish bastard". "The complainant had an Irish accent," the prosecutor told the court.
The accused then struck the nurse's face with a clenched fist before repeatedly hitting him with her black walking cane as if it were a baseball bat. She was yelling obscenities ... he was walking backwards trying to stop the blows, calling for security.
He was fearful because she wouldn't stop. She was eventually brought to the ground before others helped restrain her.
Source
The hostile woman wanted to be seen "immediately" when she arrived at the Royal Brisbane Hospital's psychiatric ward about 2:40pm.
However, the woman was left to wait and as the nurse emerged from one of the wards she yelled out "you Scottish bastard". "The complainant had an Irish accent," the prosecutor told the court.
The accused then struck the nurse's face with a clenched fist before repeatedly hitting him with her black walking cane as if it were a baseball bat. She was yelling obscenities ... he was walking backwards trying to stop the blows, calling for security.
He was fearful because she wouldn't stop. She was eventually brought to the ground before others helped restrain her.
Source
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Hazards at work, 37
A 34-year-old Arizona man has been charged with assaulting two crew members aboard a flight from Phoenix to Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Saturday, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority police.
The man assaulted the crew members aboard the America West flight that landed at BWI around 4 p.m. Saturday. The man, who may have been under the influence of alcohol, had to be restrained with flexicuffs.
Source
The man assaulted the crew members aboard the America West flight that landed at BWI around 4 p.m. Saturday. The man, who may have been under the influence of alcohol, had to be restrained with flexicuffs.
Source
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Raised no flags
Sadly, even if you follow all security procedures, there's no way to avoid "smart" criminals.
Story:
Missouri -- Authorities continued their search Wednesday for a 48-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 24-year-old real estate agent while pretending to be in the market to buy a house.
The man, formerly of Las Vegas, was released January 23 from a Texas prison after serving a five-year sentence for bank fraud.
Using an alias, he allegedly pulled out a handgun about 5 p.m. Sunday when he and the real estate agent were in the basement of a house in Weldon Spring. Wilson handcuffed the woman to a pole and sexually assaulted her. The assailant also allegedly put a knife to her throat.
The woman was later found by her husband and co-workers.
Source
Story:
Missouri -- Authorities continued their search Wednesday for a 48-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 24-year-old real estate agent while pretending to be in the market to buy a house.
The man, formerly of Las Vegas, was released January 23 from a Texas prison after serving a five-year sentence for bank fraud.
Using an alias, he allegedly pulled out a handgun about 5 p.m. Sunday when he and the real estate agent were in the basement of a house in Weldon Spring. Wilson handcuffed the woman to a pole and sexually assaulted her. The assailant also allegedly put a knife to her throat.
The woman was later found by her husband and co-workers.
Source
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Hazards at work, 31
A French television host, accused of attacking and sexually harassing Air France cabin staff while under the influence of alcohol, will appear in court next month, a court official said on Monday.
The man was detained on Sunday after returning from a visit to South Africa. According to French media, witnesses said he insulted cabin staff on board an Air France flight to South Africa on February 13, fondled a fellow passenger and slapped an air steward who tried to prevent him from drinking.
He was forcibly restrained, finishing the flight tied to his seat, media said, and cabin staff filed charges against him.
Source
The man was detained on Sunday after returning from a visit to South Africa. According to French media, witnesses said he insulted cabin staff on board an Air France flight to South Africa on February 13, fondled a fellow passenger and slapped an air steward who tried to prevent him from drinking.
He was forcibly restrained, finishing the flight tied to his seat, media said, and cabin staff filed charges against him.
Source
Friday, March 02, 2007
Hazards at work, 29
North Carolina -- A prisoner at the a Correctional Institute will face attempted rape charges after allegedly attacking a female guard and attempting to rape her in a bathroom at the prison on Sunday.
According to the Lillington Police Department, a female sergeant was working on paperwork in her office when the 40-year-old inmate entered the office. The door to the office automatically shut when he entered.
The sergeant was attempting to locate a clothes hanger for the inmate when he began pushing her into a bathroom. She fell to the floor with enough force to tear a bathroom toilet from its permanent mounting on the floor when she hit it with her neck.
Once he had her on the floor, the inmate was attempting to remove the woman's clothes with one hand while he tried to lock the bathroom door with the other.
The guard attempted to use her protective pepper spray to fend the attacker off, but was not successful. She also began screaming for help as she fought off her attacker.
Two prison employees told Lillington police they heard her screams and went to help. They went into the bathroom to find the inmate on top of the woman. They physically removed him and placed him in handcuffs.
Source
According to the Lillington Police Department, a female sergeant was working on paperwork in her office when the 40-year-old inmate entered the office. The door to the office automatically shut when he entered.
The sergeant was attempting to locate a clothes hanger for the inmate when he began pushing her into a bathroom. She fell to the floor with enough force to tear a bathroom toilet from its permanent mounting on the floor when she hit it with her neck.
Once he had her on the floor, the inmate was attempting to remove the woman's clothes with one hand while he tried to lock the bathroom door with the other.
The guard attempted to use her protective pepper spray to fend the attacker off, but was not successful. She also began screaming for help as she fought off her attacker.
Two prison employees told Lillington police they heard her screams and went to help. They went into the bathroom to find the inmate on top of the woman. They physically removed him and placed him in handcuffs.
Source
Monday, January 01, 2007
Creative restraint
Peabody, Massachusetts -- On Christmas Eve, George Medeiros, 61, and John, 57, stopped at their mum's home. She wasn't in, and the two brothers realised that something was wrong.
On entering her bedroom, they noticed a shadow and lifted up her bed to reveal a man on the ground.
The brothers fought the man, who police have revealed was a 46-year-old from Lynn, Massachusetts.
While John tried to restrain the intruder, George called the police. But with the suspect attempting to get away, John had no choice but to pull down the trousers and underwear of his opponent.
'I figured it would slow him down if he got up to run,' said George. It worked and the police arrived to arrest the man.
Source
On entering her bedroom, they noticed a shadow and lifted up her bed to reveal a man on the ground.
The brothers fought the man, who police have revealed was a 46-year-old from Lynn, Massachusetts.
While John tried to restrain the intruder, George called the police. But with the suspect attempting to get away, John had no choice but to pull down the trousers and underwear of his opponent.
'I figured it would slow him down if he got up to run,' said George. It worked and the police arrived to arrest the man.
Source
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Pushed the door
South Korean movie an TV star Lee Ji-hyun (28), has escaped a kidnap attempt by amateur criminals in her car two hours after they abducted her, it emerged Thursday.
She was threatened by two men said to be in their 20s while she was getting into her car parked in Seoul at around 10:15 p.m. on Monday, police said.
The two, who were armed, forced her to sit on the back seat, handcuffed her wrists and ankles and robbed her of a credit card and some cash as they drove the car away.
But when the men stopped at a local gas pump to fill up the car at around 12:25 a.m., Lee managed to escape.
“When the car was unlocked, I pushed the door with my body and escaped,” police quoted her as saying.
Source
She was threatened by two men said to be in their 20s while she was getting into her car parked in Seoul at around 10:15 p.m. on Monday, police said.
The two, who were armed, forced her to sit on the back seat, handcuffed her wrists and ankles and robbed her of a credit card and some cash as they drove the car away.
But when the men stopped at a local gas pump to fill up the car at around 12:25 a.m., Lee managed to escape.
“When the car was unlocked, I pushed the door with my body and escaped,” police quoted her as saying.
Source
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Family: 1 - Robber: 0
This is one tough family - a well-knit fighting unit too.
Read the story, it's too funny!
Story:
While covering his head amid the barrage of flying fists and feet, his legs bound with a jump-rope by children half his size, a bruised and bloodied Craig Mack had a sudden realization, police say: He'd picked the wrong family to mess with.
Source
Read the story, it's too funny!
Story:
While covering his head amid the barrage of flying fists and feet, his legs bound with a jump-rope by children half his size, a bruised and bloodied Craig Mack had a sudden realization, police say: He'd picked the wrong family to mess with.
Source
Saturday, March 25, 2006
'spy in the sky'
Just another case of Big Brother, or something valuable to keep a check on sexual predators?
What's your vies on this?
Story:
A satellite tracking system to monitor Scotland's most dangerous sex offenders is being considered by government officials.
The technology, which is used for navigation in cars, is being piloted in England and is widely used in the United States.
Source
What's your vies on this?
Story:
A satellite tracking system to monitor Scotland's most dangerous sex offenders is being considered by government officials.
The technology, which is used for navigation in cars, is being piloted in England and is widely used in the United States.
Source
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