That Child Is a Hero of the Future and the Present

Did you hear about the 11-year-old child who was arrested for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance?

I heard about it a few days ago, and the first thing I thought was, I wonder what state that was in. Florida, probably. No, even Florida isn't that stupid. But I couldn't think of a better answer.

Turns out that, yes, it was in Florida. Somehow, refusing to stand for the Pledge — which is allowed under school policy — was considered disruptive enough to require the substitute teacher to call in police (oh wait, they're called "school resource officers," the ones who are already on site to enforce the school-to-prison pipeline). And then refusing to stand when the cop tells you to is considered resisting a lawful order and then resisting arrest. 

When you're 11 years old. Who are the grownups here?

According to this story, the sub also told the child to go back to Africa if he didn't like it here.

You can't make this stuff up.