So check out this story on The Smoking Gun. A 12 year old from South Carolina was arrested on December 5 for Petty Larceny after his mother called the police because he had unwrapped a Christmas present without her permission.
Ok, now I can understand taking the gift away from the child and returning it. I can understand punishing the child. But calling the cops and getting the kid ARRESTED! Are you kidding me?!?!
The boy’s mother (a 27 year old single parent… ok do the math, she had the kid when she was 15) said her son was disruptive and hoped the arrest would cause the kid to behave better. Now according to the police report, this kid is no angel. It says that the kid has caused trouble at home, was arrested for disorderly conduct for assaulting a Police Officer, and was kicked out of school.
Now with that out of the way, question number 1 is with the child so disruptive (a 12 year old who was arrested for assaulting a Police Officer!) exactly why did this child deserve a Game Boy? Why would you give a child like this an item that allows him to tune you out? Give him a few pairs of socks and maybe a nice outfit to wear to his hearing in court for assualting the Police Officer sure, but he sure as heck doesn’t deserve a Game Boy!
And what about the arresting officer? Odds are this kid is known by the local police department but still, do you really think he walked into the Police Station and was congratulated by his fellow officers for this spectacular arrest?
You know that sounds like a riveting case, maybe Dick Wolf will use it as the basis for one of his “ripped from the headlines!” Law and Order shows. Heck this sounds perfectly suited for the MCS detectives to investigate on Criminal Intent. The questioning for this could be right up Goran’s alley too!
Sheesh!
