Two Florida boys charged with a felony for violent stick figure drawings

AP ^ | 1/25/5

[SmithL]

OCALA -- Two boys were arrested for making pencil-and-crayon stick figure drawings depicting a 10-year-old classmate being stabbed and hung, police said. The children, charged with a felony, were taken from school in handcuffs.

The 9- and 10-year-old boys were arrested Monday and charged with making a written threat to kill or harm another person. They were also suspended from school.

One drawing showed the two boys standing on either side of the other boy and "holding knives pointed through" his body, according to a police report. The figures were identified by written names or initials.

Another drawing showed a stick figure hanging, tears falling from his eyes, with two other stick figures standing below him.

[SmithL]

Zero tolerance can't make up for zero intelligence.

[Brian328i]

Hmm, wonder what kind of trouble I would have gotten in when I use to draw stick fiqure war scenes when I was really bored in class. =/

[Gunslingr3]

Hmm, wonder what kind of trouble I would have gotten in when I use to draw stick fiqure war scenes when I was really bored in class

You wouldn't be alone.

[MaxMax]

You are sooo lucky there's a statue of limitations.

[doug from upland]

Oh no. They better never find my stick figure drawings of Bill, Hillary, Terry Mac, Carvile, Kerry, the Chappaquiddick Lifeguard, Pelosi, etc.

[SmithL]

Oh, you played hangman, too?

[mikegi]

We used to draw movies of stick Army men on the edge of the pages in books. You'd fan the pages to see the "flick". Guess I'd have been locked up for good these days.

[Khurkris]

Damn right about that. War scenes as gory as only a 7 yr old can make...lol.

[stainlessbanner]

ping

[My Favorite Headache]

Florida is just filling FR up with the winner stories today.

[Junior_G]

With the laws we have now, I probably would have been executed for the things I wrote in school.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Well, hell's bells! Jeb-boy best git on the stick and slap some sense into these pointy head school marm types. Damn shame if'n this comes back to bite him in the @ss down the road when when he's lookin' to wear a bigger hat.

[joesnuffy]

Wonder what would they get for drawing pictures of aborted babies
or a picture of the Supreme Court pulling the plug on Terri Schiavo?

[Rainmist]

Certainly these drawings show a problem, but why did they draw them ? Have these two boys shown previous bad or violent behavior ? Come from abusive homes ? Or have they been bullied by the child they have depicted in the picture ? As far as children go, I believe that if they act out there is always a reason why.

[Nataku X]

Playing devil's advocate here... the article does say that the figures had names of actual people attached to them. A classmate depicted as being full of knives shouldn't be taken lightly, although definitely not felony-level.

[Finalapproach29er]

My tagline.........

[Henchster]

StickDeath?!

StickDeath "Hopper"

StickDeath "Stickini"

[fso301]

Good grief. All I ever did was draw war scenes. I think I would have spent my entire youth in juvenile detention.

[TheDon]

Separation of school and state BUMP!

[WildTurkey]

Zero tolerance can't make up for zero intelligence.

They misunderstood. The boys were engaging in an ancient voodoo religious ritual. Next week (after the court order) they will have a special day dedicated where all students will dress up "in-costume" and draw stick figures of torture.