Police arrest, cuff, and haul away 11-yr-old for drawing stick figure with "gun"

[Little-Acorn]

Apparently an 11-year-old kid in Arvada, CO (suburb of Denver) had been told by his therapist to draw pictures when he was angry, so he wouldn't actually do anything bad. He felt angry in school one day, so drew a picture of stick figures, one holding a picture "gun" and "shooting" at the others. Afterward he felt better, so threw the picture away. Teacher saw it and sent him to the principal's office... who apparently called the cops.

And the cops came to the kid's HOUSE later on, arrested him in front of his parents, cuffed him, put him in the patrol car, and hauled him down to the station.

Is there any end to this insane government-uber-alles hysteria?

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-arvad...stick-figure-drawing-20110221,0,7099823.story

 

[Dr.Who]

Is there any end to this insane government-uber-alles hysteria?

http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-arvad...stick-figure-drawing-20110221,0,7099823.story

By nature governments expand the amount of power they have. It can be no other way. Zero tolerance, assuming this is an example of that, is just one more tendency that is a part of the nature of government. This is a small scale example but it is the same nature for more power that causes dictatorships. We are not a dictatorship, nor were we under the last regime, but the seeds are always there waiting for their chance to grow.

 

[steveox]

This is another forum of Police corruption. Cops have too much power! Ever wonder why people hate Cops? The cant protect you and theyre racist with a gun and a badge. They even attend Klan Rallies. They break the Laws themselves and nothing ever gets done to them.

 

[bododie]

Guns don't kill people, stick figure drawings do.

 

[Apathy]

unbelievable....

 

[steveox]

This is what our Cops remind us of.