Of course, a student kicking a child is wrong, but I don't think a 6 year old kicking someone in the ankle warrants felony battery charges. I don't think it will teach him more than a suitable consequence at the school level (suspension, required counseling in order to avoid expulsion, etc). Plus, what an outrageous waste of money! How much has it cost that community to arrest him, send him to juvenile jail, and now pay prosecutors and court costs to bring him to trial? I'm sure that a clever principal could have thought of a more effective, and more appropriate consequence that didn't cost so much and
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