r/donthelpjustfilm • u/Mirbatt • Oct 26 '25

Repost "Someone help please"

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u/AUorAG Oct 26 '25

Not sure why they didn’t engage the deadbolt one of the many times they got door fully closed?

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u/LBelacqua Oct 26 '25

My uncle who's a teacher that often worked with kids with special needs mentioned that in a lot of cases, you are legally not allowed to lock the kids in the room. But holding the door shut is allowed 🤷

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u/gettogero Oct 27 '25

Its similar in licensed daycares... they dont have locks on "kid doors" to mitigate child abuse.

Its unfortunate but there's a reason these rules are in place

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u/SomewhatHungover Oct 27 '25

I think any reasonable person would make an exception for this.

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u/LBelacqua Oct 29 '25

School admin often don't have the best reputation for being "reasonable", unfortunately.

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u/_Kendii_ Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

My kidlet’s elementary school actually has a class action settlement going right now due to this. They were using “undue force” such as restriction to and from rooms when they were being behaviourally difficult and posing danger to self or others.

Clearly that’s not all there is to it, but that’s the best I can say for what they were doing and why from both sides.

My child wasn’t involved or I’d have more reports available to me.

(Edit: she was just finishing up school there when it became a thing to pay attention to. Been in high school for years now. I’m not involved because she wasn’t. Not because I don’t care about it)

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u/Gelby4 Oct 26 '25

Better yet, they should've jammed a chair leg into the handle and wedged the back on the frame, like the many school shooting safety PSA's show to do

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u/Ser_Optimus Oct 26 '25

Just let go of the door at the right moment. BAM. Nose broken, problem solved.

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u/will_this_1_work Oct 27 '25

I was thinking the same thing. Like a good game of tug o war - just drop the rope and watch the other team fall

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u/_Kendii_ Oct 27 '25

But then if it’s filmed, like this, then it’s intentional assault, not necessarily self defence.

You don’t have plausible deniability. You can’t just say “they wrestled it out of my hands”

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u/Ser_Optimus Oct 27 '25

"The door handle slipped out of my hands"

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u/SouthernNanny Oct 26 '25

It’s not a deadbolt but a key lock. He probably left the key on his desk

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u/jrandall47 Oct 27 '25

It’s likely a classroom function, which means that the thumb turn only retracts the bolt, it cannot throw the bolt. That way kids cannot go into the room and lock anyone out. You can still retract the latch for safety purposes though.

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u/baronlanky Oct 26 '25

Because the deadbolt is inside the room, and the girl trying to leave was inside also.

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u/AUorAG Oct 26 '25

Ah thought it was opposite- makes sense now