Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine arrested - The vindictiveness of the school and police overreach

[Everanewbie]

AIBU to worry that this type of incident seems to be happening more and more? To me, there are several concerning aspects to this story. Here is a link if you aren't yet aware.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/29/parents-arrested-by-hertfordshire-police-for-complaining-about-daughters-school

Firstly, the apparent opaqueness of a public organisation and attempts to shut down private conversation and the vindictiveness the school has shown in attempting to silence this couple.

Secondly, the treatment of the pupil whereby she is being dropped off an escorted into school, and inability to discuss he disability and SEN with teachers, leading to multiple emails that were ultimately used against the couple.

And thirdly, WTF are the police doing? 6 Officers to arrest a meek professional couple, in front of their daughter. Holding them in a cell for 11 hours? Why are the police not dismissing this out of hand? I have always tried to be a supporter of the police, but how can reasonable people continue to accept this when they wont attend a burglary or detain shoplifters, but turn up in force for a middle class couple who called a governor a control freak in a private conversation?

This thread seems to have lost the crux of the matter which is:
Parents and children have been bullied and badly treated. Parents wrongfully arrested and attempts made to silence them.

This is appalling to be happening in this country in this day and age.

People are stupid and naive, we should all be standing together against this oppression yet people would rather argue about who said what???

Unbelievable......

You're 100% right. I apologise for getting drawn into it. I think for some of us who have had poor experiences from schools and then not believed because professionals are always seen as right, it can be quite difficult on these kinds of threads.

Mine do not breach the rules. Someone clearly has a beef with being called out as using mental health as a slur then crying that they 'simply did nothing wrong' pretending to have done nothing all the while using an tactic well known by a certain group of people in the world.

Professionals are not always seen as being right. In teaching, the teachers are usually seen as being wrong. Hence why they are public enemy number 1 in the UK. All they have to do is tell a family something as simple as the word no and we have a double page spread in the daily fail!

…which is not what happened in this case.

Your position means schools are never wrong and should therefore never be challenged. That’s just irresponsible.

Wrong I think schools can be wrong and can be right. I've said that countless times. By all means challenge them. So you are incorrect! Why are you lying and pretending I said that? At no point have I said that. In fact I have said that schools can be wrong and are wrong sometimes.

That will likely stick in your throat that I called you a liar and believe schools can be wrong!

Now please explain why you fabricate things?

Also in this case we do not know as the parents are withholding evidence after admitting to being abusive to staff. And given they are not reporting them for false accusation one would assume there is a reason for that.

Why do you have to edit every bloody post of yours

Because the edit button is available. For the same reason as those who disagree with me edit too. Because they can.

Complain to MN to get it removed if you do not like it. Post a link to your campaign if you wish.

Making a false allegation is not - necessarily - a criminal offence, and is usually not something for which a person may lawfully be arrested.

Defamation is not a crime, in this country, any more.

That and the fact that not everyone wants to contact the police over every little thing.

Perverting the course of justice is a crime which many are arrested and convicted of and also serve jail time for. Surely these parents would love another double page Daily Fail spread getting the teachers arrested?

Now one would wonder why this family have not reported it? I mean they are doing anything they can do so why not this? Hmmm?

But yet contacting the media over every little thing is ok for this family though?

Being arrested by six officers is hardly a "little thing".

So why did your mate call it a little thing then?!

I literally didn't. I suggested calling the police over "defamation", "false allegations" (your words) or "malicious communications" which are not, in fact, malicious like the school did would be little things.

Seriously, how can you have got that so wrong?

You did, I suggested going to the police for what the school did and you said not everyone wants to go over little things.

False allegations are not little things. They are a crime. So why not report them? Given this family have said this has caused them so much upset then surely they should be doing to get justice.

One has to ask why they are not?

Ok, I'm out. This is like trying to nail slime to a wall.

How would the parents get the teachers arrested, exactly?

Yes...

1. you said the parents should go to the police.
2. I said not everyone wants to go to police for little things (e.g. non crimes such as "defamation")
3. You then said but they went to the media for little things.
4. Another poster, correctly, pointed out going to the media for being arrested by 6 police officers is not little things.

Report them to the police for what crime they believe to have committed.

Omg, this had been edited before I'd even finished my reply!!!

And then what would happen?

1. Yes I said they should and detailed what they could report.
2. You said not everyone wants to go for little things.
3. I related mine to your words.
4. I related my words to that being not a little thing.
5. All my words related to the parents opinon of the teachers committing a crime. All your words and your mates relate to what the teachers did as being a little thing as that is what I was on about!

So is being falsely accused and arrested a little thing? So why did you say that the parents not going to the police for little things then? False accusation is a crime.

They could produce the evidence they have and get them arrested. Simple.

I can't decide if that poster is serious or not, but every time someone engages it starts the cycle of drivel again. It's not even related to the OP anymore.