Just like the Trayvon incident - AGE IS NOT A FACTOR! Destructive intent and capability are.
If a child is damaging property and injuring other people - I don’t care how old she is.
How in holy heck do you have ANY idea about the demeanor of the cops? They tried to talk to her before cuffing her, so your assumptions of their demeanor are simply hog-wash.
Finally - if your child is acting like that, it is PRECISELY because you AREN’T doing your job! Why should the child be turned over to you to not do your job some more?
Woah! Calm down and get grip on yourself!
This is NOTHING like the Martin case—not a bit,unless you noticed she’s black. But race has nothing to do with it.
So let me ask you, who shout that age has nothing to do with it, where do we draw the line if it’s not six. Five? Four? Three? A toddler? How about a baby? Those little boogers could crawl around and bite someone’s ankles!!!
Now about the demeanor of the cops. My point was the cops shouldn’t have been called, rather the parents.
I think the majority of FReepers would agree with me that the parents should be the ones to handle their children; not the government.
The parents can and should be held responsible for damages caused by their children as well.
Bottom line, I simply disagree with you—now don’t get outraged, last time I checked that was allowed—that age isn’t a factor.
Let’s just agree to disagree, but man, don’t shout me down, K?