What kind of parent does this?
There is something really wrong with you if you think it would be a hoot to have your two-year old arrested.
These kids can't even possibly make their own decisions about being there. Fortunately, the police are quickly returning them to their parents, but the kids are still fingerprinted and photographed. They're also separated from their parents for a while, and judging by the parents, this might be a good thing. I'm sure that these kids will all have these arrests purged from their records or dismissed, but using children like this really sets a bad precedent.
They're playing on the heart strings of the religious right. "Those police thugs are arresting children out there." But in reality, I suspect that it's because most of the people out there protesting are afraid to get arrested because they will have to face the consequences. Hell, these are wingnuts we're talking about here. Probably a lot of prior arrests and outstanding warrants. So they send the children, making them the pro-life equivalent of underage drug mules.
So we're going to see a lot of this (from Reuters):
And this (from the AP):
And check out the commentary on why they were there:
The AP article continues:
These kids can't even possibly make their own decisions about being there. Fortunately, the police are quickly returning them to their parents, but the kids are still fingerprinted and photographed. They're also separated from their parents for a while, and judging by the parents, this might be a good thing. I'm sure that these kids will all have these arrests purged from their records or dismissed, but using children like this really sets a bad precedent.
They're playing on the heart strings of the religious right. "Those police thugs are arresting children out there." But in reality, I suspect that it's because most of the people out there protesting are afraid to get arrested because they will have to face the consequences. Hell, these are wingnuts we're talking about here. Probably a lot of prior arrests and outstanding warrants. So they send the children, making them the pro-life equivalent of underage drug mules.
So we're going to see a lot of this (from Reuters):
And this (from the AP):
And check out the commentary on why they were there:
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) - Scott Heldreth has been arrested numerous times for picketing abortion clinics and blocking sidewalks while praying. Now his 10-year-old son, Josh, has followed in his footsteps.Does anyone else imagine a ride down from Charlotte in a minivan with Junior in the back seat watching The Passion of the Christ being told that they're going to a place "right next to Disneyworld, and even BETTER!"
Josh is one of six children - ages 10 to 14 - arrested in the past week for crossing a police line at the Woodside Hospice to take water to Terri Schiavo.
"God's with me," said Josh, who asked his father to bring him here from Kannapolis, N.C., to join others supporting Bob and Mary Schindler's fight to restore their daughter's feeding tube.
The AP article continues:
Demonstrators have allowed their children - some too young to truly understand why they are there - to pass out religious fliers and hold signs accusing Michael Schiavo, Terri's husband, of murdering her. The children beat 18-litre buckets like funerary drums and wear shirts declaring them "Youth for Life."
On the grass outside the hospice, seven-year-old Hannah Donahue sat colouring signs while wearing a piece of red tape emblazoned with the word "LIFE" plastered across her mouth and an orange sign on her chest bearing the word "JAIL."
She said the sign was for Michael Schiavo.
"I think they should put him in the jail," Hannah said in a tiny voice. "Because I don't think he knows what Terri wants. He's being the boss."
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