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They didnt know who was causing it or why. Blocking a persons ability to contact emergency services, by DoSing their phone can be devastating.

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Right, but did anyones attempts to contact emergency services get affected in this case?

I'm guessing not.

No matter how you paint it, this was probably rather excessive on the part of the police.

And on the part of who called the police in the first place. In my experience teachers and school management are just too paranoid/neurotic and will escalate everything so they can't be blamed.

It might be legal for them to call the cops, but it still does not absolve them from moral responsibility for their actions. Including all the distress it would cause the child's family, and the likely ongoing PTSD from the incident.

>Blocking a persons ability to contact emergency services

Looks like they still can call the “emergency” given the police was there after.

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