B,
a 5th grader in the Bronx, was playing tag with his friends at recess in March
2012; another little boy was chasing him and knocked into him, causing B to
accidentally bump into his friend, who fell and hit her head against a wall.
A
lunch aide promptly pulled B across the school yard and told him he was
responsible for the girl's injuries. When he went to the guidance counselor, he
tried to explain that it was an accident, but she said, "No, you pushed
her on purpose." Despite the fact that a number of the children who
witnessed the incident also said that it was an accident, B was suspended and
charged with pushing the girl, causing her head to hit the wall. Not only did
the school suspend him, but they also gave him detention AND excluded him from
his extracurricular math tutoring (before the suspension hearing even took
place).
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