11 year old arrested for stick figures arvada

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[weirjf]

the cartoonist is 52 years old and those aren't people with names over their heads. he also isn't in therapy that I know of

I'll leave the thread as-is. Can't change minds on this subject any more than you can show someone who is blind at birth what the color blue looks like.

Suffice it to say that is it better to be sure than to allow your loved ones to get hurt or killed. To each their own, we can choose to ignore obvious signs of instability and live with the guilt that we had knowledge that could have kept our loved ones safe or we can do a little research and see if it is an issue or not.

Those that argue that his pictures were normal (without benefit of knowing why he was doing it AFTER the fact) I say, in my entire childhood I never drew or saw someone else draw a murder scene let alone one with specific people shown in it.

I think arresting him was absolutely wrong but checking to make sure he wasn't a threat was absolutely right. If you want to blame someone, blame the parents for not notifying the teachers that this was his therapy method.

[BigBear]

...Those that argue that his pictures were normal..I say, in my entire childhood I never drew or saw someone else draw a murder scene let alone one with specific people shown in it.

Never never? Geesh, I would definitely be on death row if I was a kid now a days, lol. I remember showing my drawings to the teacher and saying, "See Missus R, you making me mad!!" HAHA My how times have changed... and I'm a young one.