万花筒2008-01-30:幼儿园小童被铐

A kindergartener was handcuffed by school's safety officers after a tantrum

The Rivera family was trying to go to lunch, but they were still doing interviews from the family car. Five-year-old Dennis needed little prompting.  

"They put handcuff on me" “How do they put the handcuffs on you, in your front or your back?” “My back. ”

Then the boy showed us with his little hands, the kindergartener apparently² had a tantrum at P.S.81 in Queens last week and a school safety officer cuffed¹ him. Baby-sitter Sandy Ortiz said she rushed to the school to find a cuffed and crying Dennis waiting for transport for a psychiatric evaluation³.

I said release him, because I'm the baby-sitter. They are supposed to release him. They said no. 

And what did they say then? What did they do?

They just kept him down to them, they both came and took us both to the hospital.  

Dennis Senior says his son had been receiving speech therapy, but had not been diagnosed with any psychiatric problems. He calls the school’s action a disgrace.

You go to wherever it is you need it got to be, this teacher and this principal and this guy this counselor⁴ and you weren't mentally fit and capable to handle a five-year-old boy. That goes to show you that somebody is incompetent⁵ somewhere.  

The Union Rep. for the safety officer says normally school staff handles disruptive students, for an officer to intervene, things must have been out of control.

Our school safety agent didn’t choose to go in there and tackle or do anything to this child, she was called to perform a service.  

Parents picking up their kids this afternoon expressed shock and surprise. “It was wrong, you don’t handcuff a five-year-old or a ten-year-old, they’re little kids, so I think that was very wrong. ”Both the department of education and the police department which has jurisdiction⁶ over the school’s safety officers say they are investigating the episode, the Rivera family has retained an attorney.

1 cuffed   

v.掌打，拳打( cuff的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She cuffed the boy on the side of the head. 她向这男孩的头上轻轻打了一巴掌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mother cuffed the dog when she found it asleep on a chair. 妈妈发现狗睡在椅子上就用手把狗打跑了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

4 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

5 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。

6 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。