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?
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”
What kind of asshole neighbors didn’t just invite the kids in for milk and cookies until the parents returned?
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.
MMM, there seems to be no limit to such insanity. This is not the country in which I grew up.
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)
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!!!”
Another one:
http://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2016/01/31/quebec-man-jailed-for-unregistered-cat/