Delaware School Resource Officer Interrogated Third Grader, Fifth Grader Over Stolen $1
Found on Reason on Friday, 26 July 2013
When the Delaware Supreme Court revived a family’s lawsuit late last month over a school resource officer’s intense interrogation of their third-grade son, it reignited the debate about having police officers stationed at schools to investigate matters that used to be handled by school administrators.
According to court papers, the questioning was so intense, complete with threats of the children being sent to a juvenile facility for lying, that the 8-year-old — who was not a suspect — burst into tears.
Back in the days where common sense was normal you had to visit the principal's office at worst. Usually such "crimes" were simply sorted out by the teacher; but if you want to build up a police state you better start to teach the kids as soon as possible to respect (or better fear) authority.