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The parents of the 9-year-old who was arrested in August after fighting another student and striking a teacher are speaking out. Cops were called after fourth grader Devin Shepherd got into a fight with a classmate during recess at Needham Elementary School in Franklin, Ind. When a teacher intervened, Devin hit the teacher. The boy’s father recorded the heartbreaking scene. “Just chill out buddy. You’re leaving with me. I promise you,” the father told his son as he was being arrested. #InsideEdition

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  1. Handcuffs??! Was that absolutely necessary- no answer needed it’s a rhetorical question. They were not.

  2. Should have issued a summons and released the kid to his father who was on site. Disturbing, reduce financial support for schools.

  3. These cops were the biggest bullies in the room. This is disgusting. Kids with autism do not belong in school with other children. The republicans took away the special needs schools and now teachers cannot teach; they babysit. It is the rich peoples way to keep the rest of us down. Special needs children need teachers equipped to teach them.

  4. WAIT A MINUTE, THEY PUT A 9YR OLD CHILD, AUTISTIC OR NOT, IN FLIPPIN HANDCUFFS, SERIOUSLY!
    FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, HE'S A KID, KIDS ARGUE & SOMETIMES FIGHT & YOU BIG COPS CAN'T TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION WITHOUT HANDCUFFING HIM & BEHIND HIS BACK!
    IS THAT SCHOOL SECURITY OR THE COPS?
    WHATEVER, I HOPE THEY'RE ASHAMED, IT'S SICKENING.
    I'M GLAD DAD WAS THERE TO RECORD IT.

  5. THEY CALL THAT COMPASSION!

    I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY CALLED THE COPS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
    WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DAYS OF "GET TO THE HEADMASTERS OFFICE" ETC, ETC.?
    THIS SCHOOL NEEDS RETRAINING IN THEIR SO-CALLED PROTOCOL & SO DO THE COPS. HE'S A 9YR OLD LITTLE BOY, HE'S NOT KICKING OFF, HE'S IN TEARS & THEY HANDCUFFED HIM, COULDN'T THEY HAVE TOLD THESE KIDS OFF?
    WHERE WAS THE AMBULANCE FOR THE OTHER KID?
    EXACTLY.
    THIS IS DOWNRIGHT BIZARRE.
    SHAME ON YR STATE.

  6. Screw the cops. I was born 1971, a school fight was a busted lip or noise. No harm. Keep an eye on the the craziness.

  7. “Handled the simulation calmly and with compassion” after he hit an ADULT teacher and the teacher needed to call the cops for some reason

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