What’s worse than a Barney Fife who thinks he’s the Punisher?

One who is stationed in an elementary school. For only the most recent example, take a gander at the story of the 11-year old arrested for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

He apparently had simply not stood for the pledge on a daily basis, with his teacher being perfectly fine with it, but February 4th was different in that his class had a substitute teacher, one who made such a fuss about the child’s refusal to stand that the school cop was brought in. The cop, of course, needlessly escalated the situation to the point that the child was arrested.

Here’s Jimmy Dore on the incident:

Author: S. Smith