We've all seen the video, right?

Outrage. That's what's being glorified. My friends and I have watched the video (at least) 20 times now. And each time I see the same thing...

I initially see a disruptive disobedient kid. It seems to be agreed by all sides, all parties involved, that the kid was asked to leave, but refused. At this point, the "fault" belongs to the kid.

When the officer shows up in the classroom, by the video I saw, I heard the officer ask the kid if she was going to come willingly, or not. The kid choose not. Again, at this point, the "fault" continues to belong to the kid.

And here's where "Outrage" will disagree with me...

Those desks are purely archaic. Traps. There's only one way in them, and only one way out of them. And if the kid sitting in that desk doesn't want to leave the room, you pretty much have to take the desk, with the disobedient kid still sitting in the desk, all out the door with you.

When I was in elementary school, there was a kid being a class clown, disruptive, so our teacher dragged the desk with the kid still sitting in it, out into the hallway, and shut the door, leaving the kid, still sitting in his desk, out in the hallway.

But...

That's not what happened here. For all I know, with all these laws, some lawyer could scream "child abuse" because a teacher dragged a desk with a disruptive kid still sitting in it, out into the hallway. And what if that kid hits the teacher while that teacher is dragging the desk/kid into the hallway? I suppose Outrage will say it's the teacher's fault.

So, in an attempt to remove the kid from the desk, the desk got flipped over with the kid trapped inside. Again, in my opinion, that archaically designed desk isn't the fault of the officer. And I think the kid can still shoulder a little bit of the blame for being disobedient up until now.

The only time I see (by the video being streamed) where the officer used very bad judgment was tossing the kid... obviously that was excessive.

However the heads of his department rule on excessive force, so be it.

But lets not forget all the other factors...

If someone asks you to leave their room, you leave. That's not negotiable.

Is it still legal to punish your kids? If you call the parents to remove the kid from your classroom, can the parent drag his/her kid from one of those archaic desks? What happens if the desk flips over? Child abuse?

Furthermore, according to all the news channels reporting the story, that kid is still alive, right? Not in a coma? Not dead? Not with severe injuries or any physical trauma?

So basically the real story here is... Outrage.

Remember when Jimmy almost sawed off his index finger in shop class because the teacher said make this birdhouse or fail the class... just TRY getting away with that now, teach'.

Outrage, would never allow it!

You know what would have happened if I was that kid in the exact same scenario? My dad would have said, "So you were asked to leave, but you didn't."

Yeah but then that officer flipped me while I was still sitting in the...

"But you were asked to leave the classroom, and you didn't."

But then I was tossed on the floor, and...

"But you were asked to leave the classroom, and you didn't."

Then again, in MN, if you're ten years old and stupid enough to stick your finger in a light socket, the only thing your parents would say while sitting in the ambulance with you is, "Yeah. We told you that would happen."

But I bet you wouldn't do it again.