Florida II
Law & order
The madness in Florida – and I’m convinced Florida is not the exception – is not limited to sex offenders, NY Times columnist Bob Herbert writes today:
‘When 6-year-old Desre’e Watson threw a tantrum in her kindergarten class a couple of weeks ago she could not have known that the full force of the law would be brought down on her and that she would be carted off by the police as a felon.
But that’s what happened in this small, backward city in central Florida. According to the authorities, there were no other options.
“The student became violent,” said Frank Mercurio, the no-nonsense chief of the Avon Park police. “She was yelling, screaming — just being uncontrollable. Defiant.”
“But she was 6,” I said.
The chief’s reply came faster than a speeding bullet: “Do you think this is the first 6-year-old we’ve arrested?”’
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Authority problems
I remember working as an interim in a big company where I joined a group of five young mothers. So what did we speak about. You guessed it right: children. The whole day long ... Three of them where having very big problems with their 2 à 3 years old boys. They were taking them to the psychologist because these little boys only wanted to eath white bread with Nutella and said no to everything. Doesn't almost every young child at that age do that???I don't think these small boys where having problems with authority, I think their parents had.
I think in this village, the parents and the schools have authority problems (not the children) and are using their adult authority figure (the police) to scare their children. This is 'criminal' as the techniques the police uses are meant for adults and not for children.
You imagine these young mothers in the big company calling the police because their child only wants to eat white bread and Nutella ...
