A Stitch in Haste

Not quite "kids in cuffs," but it came close:

A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a mobile phone call with his mother, a soldier serving in Iraq, school officials said.

The 10-day suspension was issued because Kevin Francois was "defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said.
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"Kevin got defiant and disorderly," Parham said. "When a kid becomes out of control like that they can either be arrested or suspended for 10 days. Now being that his mother is in Iraq, we're not trying to cause her any undue hardship; he was suspended for 10 days."

Okay, we weren't there, we don't know precisely what happened. But, without more, you don't arrest someone, especially a minor, for merely disobeying a teacher and refusing to end a cell phone call. The fact that it was his mother in Iraq certainly doesn't help.

UPDATE: Penalty reduced.