A sixth-grader in Florida was arrested after his refusal toparticipate in the Pledge of Allegiance escalated into a confrontation withpolice and school officials, authorities said.

當(dāng)局稱，佛羅里達(dá)州一名六年級(jí)學(xué)生拒絕參加國(guó)旗宣誓儀式，隨后他與警方和學(xué)校官員的對(duì)峙升級(jí)從而導(dǎo)致被捕。

The unnamed boy was charged with disrupting a schoolfunction and resisting an officer without violence on Feb. 4, the LakelandPolice Department said in a news release.

湖區(qū)警察局在一份新聞稿中說，這名未透露姓名的男孩被控在2月4日擾亂學(xué)?；顒?dòng)，并在未使用暴力的情況下對(duì)抗警官。

A local news outlet, Bay News 9, reported that theconfrontation began after the student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy, nearTampa, called the flag racist and described the national anthem as offensive.

當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w灣區(qū)新聞9頻道報(bào)道稱，位于坦帕附近的勞頓奇利斯中學(xué)(LawtonChiles Middle Academy)的一名學(xué)生稱國(guó)旗帶有種族主義色彩，并稱國(guó)歌令人反感，沖突隨后發(fā)生。

Citing a statement provided to the Polk School District bythe boy's substitute teacher, the station reported that the teacher asked him,"why if it was so bad here he did not go to another place to live."

該電視臺(tái)援引這名男孩的代課教師提供給波爾克學(xué)區(qū)的一份聲明稱，教師問他，“如果這里的情況如此糟糕，你為什么不去別的地方生活呢?”

"They brought me here," the boy replied, accordingto the statement.

“我是被帶到這里來的，”男孩回答說。

After the teacher told him he could "always goback," she called the school's office "because I did not want tocontinue dealing with him," the station reported.

據(jù)電視臺(tái)報(bào)道，在告訴他可以“隨時(shí)回去”后，教師給學(xué)校辦公室打了電話，“因?yàn)槲也幌朐俸退蚪坏懒??！?br/>
The district did not respond to a request for comment onSunday, but a school spokesman told the Ledger, a local newspaper, thatstudents are not required to participate in the pledge.

該學(xué)區(qū)周日沒有回應(yīng)置評(píng)請(qǐng)求，但該校一名發(fā)言人對(duì)當(dāng)?shù)貓?bào)紙記事報(bào)(TheLedger)表示，學(xué)生參與宣誓儀式并不是必須的。

The spokesman, Kyle Kennedy, told the newspaper that theteacher, Ana Alvarez, wasn't aware of that policy and would no longer work withthe district.

發(fā)言人凱爾肯尼迪(KyleKennedy)對(duì)該報(bào)說，這位名叫安娜阿爾瓦雷斯(AnaAlvarez)的老師不知道這項(xiàng)規(guī)定，她以后不會(huì)再為該學(xué)區(qū)工作。

The boy's mother, Dhakira Talbot, disputed the school'sclaims, telling NBC News that her son "is not a disrespectful kid."

男孩的母親達(dá)琪拉·塔爾博特(DhakiraTalbot)反駁了學(xué)校的說法，她告訴NBC新聞(NBCNews)，她的兒子“不是一個(gè)無禮的孩子”。

"What I do know is when she asked my son about it, heresponded to her enlightening her on his reasonings," Talbot said."It wasn't just that the flag is racist. I don't teach my children thatthe flag is racist."

“我所知道的是，當(dāng)她問我兒子這個(gè)問題時(shí)，她對(duì)我兒子的回答進(jìn)行了過份的解讀，”塔爾博特說。“國(guó)旗跟種族主義無關(guān)。我不會(huì)教我的孩子國(guó)旗是有種族主義色彩的。

After the confrontation began, the school's dean of studentstried unsuccessfully to calm the student down, asking him to leave the class 20times, police said.

警方稱，沖突開始后，學(xué)校的教務(wù)主任試圖讓該學(xué)生平靜下來，但沒有成功。他足足有20次要求該學(xué)生離開學(xué)校。

"The school resource officer then intervened and askedthe student to exit the classroom and he refused," the department said."The student left the classroom and created another disturbance and madethreats while he was escorted to the office."

該部門表示:“隨后，學(xué)校的校警出面干預(yù)，要求該學(xué)生離開教室，但他拒絕了。后來，這名學(xué)生被警官護(hù)送離開教室去到了辦公室，但在此期間，他制造了另一場(chǎng)騷亂和并發(fā)出威脅。”

The Lakeland Police Department said in a statement that theboy was not arrested for refusing to stand for or recite the Pledge ofAllegiance. "This arrest was based on the student's choice to disrupt theclassroom, make threats and resisting the officer's efforts to leave theclassroom."

湖區(qū)警察局在一份聲明中稱，這名男孩并未因拒絕宣誓或拒絕背誦誓詞而被捕。“這次逮捕是基于學(xué)生擾亂課堂、進(jìn)行威脅和拒絕警察護(hù)送離開教室的行為?！?br/>
Talbot denied that her son made any threats and said theschool "didn't handle it the way they should have handled it."

塔爾伯特否認(rèn)她的兒子進(jìn)行了任何威脅，并表示學(xué)?！皼]有按照他們應(yīng)該采取的方式處理此事”。

She told NBC News her son was overwhelmed with thesituation, and she transferred him to another school.

她告訴NBC新聞，她的兒子被這種情況弄得不知所措，她已經(jīng)把他轉(zhuǎn)學(xué)到另一所學(xué)校。

"I want my son to know, I don't care what any otherparent say or any other parents do, that I'm going to stand up for him,"Talbot said.

“我想讓我的兒子知道，我不在乎任何其他父母說什么或做什么，我會(huì)一直支持他，”塔爾博特說。