11 year old arrested for stick figures arvada

[sniper7]

huge waste of taxpayers $$ right there.

Kids say and do and draw stupid shit all the time in school.

I would have been in serious trouble for drawings in school.

I used to draw helicopters taking out entire villages (forget what movie it was from), jets blowing stuff up, you know...standard stuff for kids.

[Elhuero]

I used to draw a top down aerial view of my school.. in a bombsight.

[weirjf]

huge waste of taxpayers $$ right there.

Kids say and do and draw stupid shit all the time in school.

I would have been in serious trouble for drawings in school.

I used to draw helicopters taking out entire villages (forget what movie it was from), jets blowing stuff up, you know...standard stuff for kids.

so did I

but I never drew a picture that showed

me---> teachers ---->

If I have to choose between ensuring my kids' safety and bruising the fragile ego of a kid that is already in therapy because he has issues... guess what? Put the ego therapy on the therapist's tab!

getting the police involved was going too far but people need to be careful. When I was a kid I drew that stuff too but kids weren't going to school with guns and propane tanks meaning to slaughter everyone in the building either. There's a lot of people that haven't noticed how much things have changed with the past couple of generations.

[sniper7]

so did I

but I never drew a picture that showed

me---> teachers ---->

If I have to choose between ensuring my kids' safety and bruising the fragile ego of a kid that is already in therapy because he has issues... guess what? Put the ego therapy on the therapist's tab!

getting the police involved was going too far but people need to be careful. When I was a kid I drew that stuff too but kids weren't going to school with guns and propane tanks meaning to slaughter everyone in the building either. There's a lot of people that haven't noticed how much things have changed with the past couple of generations.

good point. it is just disappointing the police had to get involved when the kid was already in therapy.
he was out there getting help, his parents were on top of things, he was following directions of his therapist and yet the system still shit on him.

[Ed_S]

I'm not a big fan of the ADD label. Personally I think teachers should make lessons more interesting and parents should be more involved with their kids.

Too many parents these days are not parents they want to be 'friends' with their kids. I'm not talking about Victorian era beatings but teaching them common sense, responsibility and respect.

As for the cops, just stupid comes to mind.

[cstone]

"third degree misdemeanor, interfering with staff and students at an educational facility"

Since when was drawing a picture interfering with staff at an educational facility?

There must be more to this story. The cops don't seem to be exercising their discretion. The prosecutor seems to be a bit heavy handed. The judge/jury don't seem to understand what freedom of speech means.

There just has to be more to this story. I'm at a total loss. Then again, why do parents let their kids talk to the cops? "

Excuse me officer, my little Johnny will be happy to cooperate as soon as we consult with an attorney who I'm certain will want to be present before you conduct any type of questioning."

[sniper7]

"third degree misdemeanor, interfering with staff and students at an educational facility"

Since when was drawing a picture interfering with staff at an educational facility?

There must be more to this story. The cops don't seem to be exercising their discretion. The prosecutor seems to be a bit heavy handed. The judge/jury don't seem to understand what freedom of speech means.

There just has to be more to this story. I'm at a total loss. Then again, why do parents let their kids talk to the cops? "

Excuse me officer, my little Johnny will be happy to cooperate as soon as we consult with an attorney who I'm certain will want to be present before you conduct any type of questioning."

I think there is more to the story as well. that charge just doesn't stick. if so I know my wife could have every kid in her class charged at least once throughout the year of the exact same thing. some kids would be charged multiple times daily.

[Geology Rocks]

So talked with my wife about this tonight when she got home. Her thoughts are the school district did nothing wrong. IF they let this go they are held responsible if anything happened. So they can either hope nothing goes wrong, or something goes wrong and the school district is sued by the parents for millions. She also said that this would have gone away if the kid didnt draw the teacher and say death to her. Him drawing the teacher and wishing death upon her is where it crossed the line and forced them to take it to this level. They have a job to do, and its to protect the students and the teachers.

joe

[spittoon]

is this case held by mr story the da in jeffco you know the airsoftgun, trailer stealer ,guy i do not know?? same b.s mo