We are ruled by tyrants

A couple was late arriving home, so their 11 year old boy waited for them and entertained himself playing in the family’s yard. This might sound like an unremarkable story, except the cops were called by some sicko busybody neighbor (some people get their jollies siccing the authorities on others), and the result?

Felony charges were filed against the parents, and both of their children were taken away for a month!

The boy didn’t have a key, so he played basketball in the yard. He was alone for 90 minutes. A neighbor called the cops, and when the parents arrived—having been delayed by traffic and rain—they were arrested for negligence.

They were put in handcuffs, strip searched, fingerprinted, and held overnight in jail.

It would be a month before their sons—the 11-year-old and his 4-year-old brother—were allowed home again. Only after the eldest spoke up and begged a judge to give him back to his parents did the situation improve.

What is going on in this country? These kinds of stories are becoming routine.

No wonder the voters are angry.

I have not researched it, but I’d be willing to bet that the tyrannical law which nearly ruined an innocent family was bipartisan.


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7 responses to “We are ruled by tyrants”

  1. Man Mountain Molehill Avatar
    Man Mountain Molehill

    What kind of asshole neighbors didn’t just invite the kids in for milk and cookies until the parents returned?

  2. Man Mountain Molehill Avatar
    Man Mountain Molehill

    How about the couple arrested for letting their pet husky play in the snow:
    http://www.ksfy.com/home/headlines/Family-speaks-out-after-dog-is-seized-by-animal-control-365862441.html

    Tyrants and lunatics.

  3. Eric Scheie Avatar

    MMM, there seems to be no limit to such insanity. This is not the country in which I grew up.

  4. CapitalistRoader Avatar
    CapitalistRoader

    I have not researched it, but I’d be willing to bet that the tyrannical law which nearly ruined an innocent family was bipartisan.Sure it was. And I’d bet that Child Protective Services bureaucrat who demanded that the kids be yanked away from the parents belongs to a union. And the cops belong to a union. The parents obviously did nothing wrong but those government employees need job protection and conspire with politicians to create lots of laws so the government employees have lots of arresting and foster caring and parenting classing to do.

    Because if it saves even one government job, isn’t it worth it?

  5. captain*arizona Avatar
    captain*arizona

    child abuse is americas children number one problem this is public pseudo justice to counter the news of all the child abuse cases instead of spending the money on real child abuse cases. (you know how you conservatives hate spending money)

  6. Man Mountain Molehill Avatar
    Man Mountain Molehill

    It’s more like some hysteric shouting “won’t someone please think of the children” What politician could vote against that? “My opponent voted against the tyrannical child welfare act du jour. He’s a child-hating monster!!!”