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Earlier this month, 12-year-old Alexa Gonzalez was arrested – and actually removed from school in handcuffs – because she was caught doodling on her desk.
Back when I was in middle school, drawing on desks was frowned upon. I got caught doing it a few times, and was made to pay the price: washing my desk. I think once I actually got detention and had to wash a bunch of desks.
Now the New York City schools are arresting students for it?
Cops were called when a kid was caught shoplifting, so what’s the surprise in this? The call was made by her mom – and the girl was only six.
The purloined item? A sheet of stickers. Continue reading »
A mom told police they could use a Taser on her ten-year-old daughter for resisting arrest. So they did. And now the little girl’s father is outraged.
Anthony Medlock told 4029 TV his daughter didn’t deserve to be “treated like a dog.” If officers couldn’t restrain a ten-year-old, Medlock said, why did they join the police force? Continue reading »
The treehouse Brenk Johnson built with his two little boys will have to be torn down because city officials consider it an “accessory building.”
The Johnsons’ neighbor narked on them after Brenk decided to build the treehouse in the front yard because no trees in the backyard would support the weight. Continue reading »
What would summer be without a couple of kids with a lemonade stand? And a cranky neighbor getting them in trouble?
A couple of kids in the Philadelphia are were doing what enterprising kids do in the summer – serving up cold drinks for a little cash when a neighbor called the cops. But instead of telling the neighbor to get over it, the cop cited the children for sales without a permit. Continue reading »
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