Parent arrested for assault at Md. education meeting will not be prosecuted, report says

(CBS) TOWSON, Md. - Prosecutors have decided to drop all charges against a father arrested after repeatedly questioning school administrators at a town hall meeting, in a confrontation caught on tape, CBS Baltimore reported.

The blow-up was over a new standardized curriculum, called the Common Core.

Parent Adam Small decided to speak up rather than write down his questions in accordance with the rules laid down for the town hall-style meeting with Baltimore County school officials. That's when a security officer stepped in, flashing his police badge.

"Listen, don't stand for this. You're sitting here like cattle. You have questions, confront them. They don't want to do it in public," Small was heard saying on the tape.

Small was literally pushed and pulled out of the meeting, then was handcuffed and charged with assaulting an officer.

"I was outraged when I saw the video of what happened to this father," said Stephanie Morgan, who like Small is an opponent of the new Common Core approach. Maryland was among the first of 45 states that voluntarily signed on to the curriculum.

Late Monday, prosecutors decided that while Small did disrupt the meeting and the officer was within his rights, further prosecution will not accomplish anything.