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Close ‘pipeline’? Start by not arresting children [CommercialAppeal.com]

 

What happened in Murfreesboro about a week ago shouldn't stay in Murfreesboro.

Police arrested 10 children at an elementary school and led them away in handcuffs.

The children didn't have weapons. They weren't fighting or hurting others. They weren't destroying property.

Basically, they were arrested and taken to juvenile court for acting like children.

Police said the kids, ages 6-12, were arrested on suspicion of failing to stop other kids from fighting off campus several days earlier.

The official charge: "Criminal responsibility for the conduct of another."

In that case, we all should be arrested. We've all failed to stop the fighting and violence among our youth.

When did arrest become the alternative to a good talking-to? When did handcuffs replace time out?



[For more of this story, written by David Waters, go to http://www.commercialappeal.co...fdb69-376857571.html]

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