Wednesday, August 03, 2005
I... uh... um...
A followup to yesterday's post about rocking and arresting. But before that, I just want to mention how an anonymous commentator essentially made my point about an emotional reaction that doesn't even stop to come up with alternatives:
You really can't conceive of other ways to deal with children fighting other than locking one of them up in juvie hall for several days.
Damn, you're sad.
Note that no alternatives followed. Sure, it does sound pretty dumb on an emotional level, but that doesn't change the fact that good alternatives aren't being presented.
Anyway, the situation was resolved pretty simply. I especially like the Chron's lead-in:
An 11-year-old Fresno girl charged with felony assault for throwing a rock at an 8-year-old boy who pelted her with a water balloon avoided a trial Wednesday in Juvenile Court by agreeing to meet with the boy to work out their differences. (emphasis mine)
Whether brass knuckles would be included was not immediately known.
Charges will be dismissed if the mediation is successful, she attends school and doesn't use force or violence except in self-defense, lawyers said.
Uh... two questions. What about a stuck door? Can she use force to open it, even if she's not in any danger? And also, wasn't this incident self-defense?
A Web site was created to support his daughter -- www.freemaribel.org. A vigil was held for her Friday in front of juvenile hall.
While waiting for her court hearing Wednesday, Maribel -- dressed in pink pants, a white sweatshirt and pink sandals -- was handed a bouquet.
Remember that links are too complicated for a newspaper posting stuff online. But dude. A bouquet? I support her right to bash the head of that kid open, but I'm not going to hold vigils or give her flowers for it.
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