uh I don't know about you but if my 12-year-old caused me to pay a $300 fine there would be some very large repercussions in her life. And I do think that the fact that this all happened at Tenleytown speaks volumes as to causation and probable scenario -- yes, could very well be as you describe.
Dana On 7/21/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't help but feeling like there were extenuating circumstances here, some > thing like this. > > Officer: Miss, you can't eat in the metro > 12 year old: So? > Officer: It's illegal > 12 year old: You're not my father, I can do what I want > Officer: Miss throw away the fries, and get on the train > 12 Year Old: No, fuck you, leave me alone > > escalates from here..... > > at this point she's committed two crimes in DC > > 1) Eating on the metro > 2) talking back to an officer > > I really don't think he just walked up to her and arrested her on the spot. > > A fine may or may not work, it doesn't drive the point home. Because the > minor has no financial responsibility for it. If you take her into custody, > and detain her until her parents show up it makes the point. > > > Scott A. Stewart, > Web Application Developer > > Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) > 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 > Chantilly, VA 20151 > Phone: (703) 995-1737 > Fax: (703) 834-5527 > > "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep > carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" > > .... the Scottish Rogues > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 05:26 pm > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Roberts quotes on abortion > Importance: Low > > fine would work. Parents are responsible for the liabilities of a minor. > > Dana > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/52 - Release Date: 07/19/2005 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165800 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
