re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg

Florida student faces misdemeanor charges after refusing to stand for Pledge of Allegiance

An 11-year-old student in Florida is facing charges after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and creating a disturbance in the classroom, police said.

The boy was arrested for causing a disruption and refusing repeated instructions from school staff and law enforcement, Polk County Public Schools spokesperson Kyle Kennedy said in a statement. He was not arrested for refusing to participate in the pledge - even though students have the right to do so by Florida law and district policy.

Sort of like those suspect who “resist arrest” by not throwing themselves to the ground, putting a knee in their own back and putting on their own handcuffs