11-year-old student arrested after not standing for Pledge of Allegiance

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sixth-grader faces charges of disrupting a school function and resisting arrest after a confrontation that followed his refusal to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.In a statement, Lakeland Police say a school resource officer was alerted to a disturbance created by a student in the classroom at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy on Feb. 4.According to police, the 11-year-old student initially refused to leave the room, continued to be disruptive and made threats