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[HoosierHoagie]

Polk County Public Schools spokesman Kyle Kennedy insisted that the boy was not arrested for failing to stand for the pledge.

“Students are not required to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance,” he told The Ledger.

The sixth-grader was collared “after becoming disruptive and refusing to follow repeated instructions by school staff and law enforcement,” he added.

Who the hell is the editor in charge of writing headlines??...failure to stand for the Pledge wasn't what he was arrested for...looks like it was the threat that got him arrested...THIS would have been a good one to have a recording of
I can't say if an arrest was warranted or not because I wasn't there.