answer:If a kid were that annoying to my sprog, I would probably make him shit himself without laying a hand on him, and he’d move on I am inclined to say the kid actually deserved a good beating, and maybe it was reasonable if all other interventions (the school, the police, the kids’ parents, pleading to the kid yourself) didn’t work. I would never serve on a jury, but slap her on the wrist and be done with it. She was clearly dealing with dysfunctional institutions, and certainly doesn’t deserve a life-long criminal record.