Florida police: 7-year-old arrested for punching teacher

MIAMI (AP) — Miami police have arrested a 7-year-old boy accused of hitting his teacher.
The Miami Herald cites a police report stating Mercy Álvarez’s son was handcuffed last Thursday for hitting the teacher. The first-grader was then hospitalized under the Florida Mental Health Act for a psychiatric evaluation and later discharged. WSVN-TV quotes a police report as stating the child was taken out of the cafeteria for playing with his food. It says he then “attacked the