[Monkeyleg]

Stupidity Virus Continues to Spread

"Sometimes a single incident can reveal the widespread rot that has affected
the nation's school systems as they strive to indoctrinate the children
entrusted to their care while neglecting to teach them the Three R's.

"In Inverness, Florida, a 12-year-old boy was cuffed, arrested, and taken in
a patrol car to jail where he was held for two hours. His crime? You aren't
going to believe it!

"Kyle Fredrikson was walking back to class from lunch when Deputy Tim Langer
saw the boy 'purposely stomping in the water' after being told numerous
times by school personnel to stay with the group and out of the rain. Little
boys like to stomp on puddles. Always have and always will.

"He didn't comply and Officer Langer took the sixth-grader to a school
office where he was handcuffed and taken to jail. Kyle was charged with
disruption of an educational institution, a misdemeanor. After sitting for
two hours by himself in a police holding room, the police released the boy
to his mother and grandmother. His parents were understandably outraged."

- Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center

[DeltaElite]

Some people need to have different jobs, especially Deputy Langer.

[Rawlings]

The school must have just implemented their promised "Zero Tolerance Splashing" policy. :rolleyes:

[Standing Wolf]

Are leftists born stupid, or do they go to school for it?

[cool45auto]

You have got to be kidding me.:eek:

[Greg L]

First of all Officer Langer needs to be fired and barred from any public sector job for life. WAY too much overreaction on his part.

That said however, a 12 year old should have listened to what he was told and followed directions (I have an 11 year old who when told to stay out of the puddles stays out of the puddles. The 6 year old on the other hand.. :rolleyes: ). After about age 8-9 I kind of expect them to see the logic behind the request (assuming that that isn't the first time that someone has told him to stay out of the puddles), and stay out of the puddles.

One or two warnings to get his act together and then haul him off to the principle's office to get his butt chewed on a bit and some detention (do they still have chalk boards to clean? Not that I would know how that could be a punishment. :D ). Jail is way over the top.

At least they didn't charge him with a felony.

Greg

[CZ-75]

That said however, a 12 year old should have listened to what he was told and followed directions (I have an 11 year old who when told to stay out of the puddles stays out of the puddles. The 6 year old on the other hand.).

But after being indoctrinated in "public" schools all day, perhaps a lack of maturity might be understandable. If they allowed them to mature, how would they ever become effective "clients" of the welfare state?

[rock jock]

The kid should be disciplined by writing on a blackboard 100 times or getting detention, but being arrested? This is a sick joke.

[Greg L]

But after being indoctrinated in "public" schools all day, perhaps a lack of maturity might be understandible. If they allowed them to mature, how would they ever become effective "clients" of the welfare state?

Ah yes, I forgot about that factor when compiling my results. :D

You see, we homeschool our various offspring and therefore they will be the ones financing (through the outlandish taxes on their earnings) the welfare state. Hopefully we will have done a good enough job with them that when they are out on their own that they can realize that stomping in a puddle is not an arrestable offence.

Greg

[cosmos7]

Does anyone have a link to the story?

[boing]

Old news:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33396

[Justin]

And another drone has a small, red-hot seed of mistrust for the system planted deep inside...

[owen]

Ahem,

I too have been arrested for jumping in puddles.

I was 11 or 12 years old, jumping in puddles in the middle of a downpour. Why you ask? Because its fun, and it was the middle of summer vacation.

A state trooper (CT) pulled up slowly and the window rolled down. The trooper said "Do you live around here?"

I said yes

He said he thought I was a runaway.

I said I wasn't a runaway, and pointed out the house that I lived in.

He said come with me.

I went with him (he was in a cruiser and wearing a uniform)

He then drove me to the state police barracks about 30 miles away, and called my dad at work. The trooper informed my dad that he would have to make the hour long drive to the barracks to pick me up. When my father asked me what I had done (I was a GOOD kid), the officer said he thought I was a runaway, so he picked me up. He gave the address he picked me up at. It was my address.

I could hear my dad yelling at the officer over the phone. I thought I had a pretty good vocabulary, but I learned a few good words. The officer said my dad still had to come and pick me up.

My dad hung up the phone and called the desk sergeant, and told him what was going on. The trooper had to drive me home. But first we stopped at his house to pick something up, which happened to be 6 DOORS DOWN FROM OUR HOUSE!!!

So, as you can see, I was arrested for jumping in puddles.

[CZ-75]

Wasn't CT where they didn't hire some guy as an officer because he was TOO SMART?

I'd say that CT must've hired troopers on as "first come, first served" basis.:rolleyes: