"It was supposed to be a field trip to a public library for 6-year-old Stephen Stovall and his classmates. Instead, the kindergartner told his Mom that found himself locked in jail. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that parents at Sunnyside Elementary were told their children would be taking a visit to a library and even signed waivers stating such. The children were instead taken to the local Hillside Police Station, where they were shown guns and ankle bracelet monitors. Stovall says he was then temporarily locked inside a jail cell at the station."
Yeah, so? To this the mother says, "Is this supposed to be a scared-straight tactic?"
I don't think it was supposed to scare the child, but then again, "the Cook County Sheriff's Department said such visits are a routine part of its "Motivational and Responsibility Training," program, but only for much older students."
Does this kind of tactic worksor is just going to teach children to be scared of the police?
Personally, I think it may lead children to be afraid of the police and what they can do, especially if they are exposed to something like this at such an early age.
Also, what is with the alleged misleading permission forms :/?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/6-old-locked-jail-cell-part-school-field-205808798.html
In other news
Tantrums are apparently illegal now, "The story comes just two days after a 6-year-old girl in Georgia was handcuffed and detained by police after an alleged "tantrum."
What the fuck.
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