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9-Year-Old Girl Charged With Battery For Allegedly Punching Sister

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Apparently a "time out" isn't cutting it anymore.

A 9-year-old girl in Indianapolis was arrested and charged with

batterylast weekend after her mother called police and reported she

had punched her 6-year-old sister in the head, Fox 59 reports.

Andrea Stumpf, the girls' mother, filmed the incident and showed the

responding officer, according to WTHR. That officer then "made the

decision to arrest,"

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Officer Rafael

Diaz told Fox 59.

Rick Whitten, executive director of Boys and Girls Clubs of

Indianapolis, spoke with the station about the significance of keeping

children out of the criminal justice system if possible.

"We know that the younger kids get involved in the juvenile justice

system, the more likely they are to keep getting involved with the

system," he said.

Earlier this year, a father in Wisconsin incited criticism and mockery

after he filed for a restraining order against a 5-year-old boyhe

said was bullying his daughter.

In Canada, however, officials took a more moderate approach to child

discipline in September after a pajama-clad 9-year- old boy stole a

city busand took it on a three block joyride. Because of his young

age, they opted not to charge him.

Credit: Huffington Post

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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