Imagine this scenario: You are the father of a 4 year old girl who is in preschool or junior kindergarten. Just like every other day, you go to the school to pick her up along with her siblings. However, on one particular day, when you arrive at school, three police officers are there and they arrest you right in front of the school and all the other parents and children. They take you to the police station, strip search you, and then put you in a cell to wait. The charge is “possession of a firearm”—no other details.
Meanwhile, back at home, your wife (who happens to be pregnant) is picked up by the police and taken to the station for questioning, along with your four children. She is told the same thing “possession of a firearm” but no details. Your home is searched while you and your family are gone and the police find what they are looking for—a gun. The kicker is, it isn’t a real gun. It’s a plastic toy.
The little four year old girl had drawn a picture of a man holding a gun. When her teacher asked her about it she said her dad uses it to shoot bad guys and monsters. So this teacher told the principal, the principal called social services, social services called the police, and so on, and so on. At ANY point, did ANYONE think they might be overreacting? Apparently not.
This happened in Waterloo, Ontario, a few days ago. When this father finally got home after being held for four hours, his little girl said “Daddy, are you mad at me?” The poor man, can you imagine how frightening this whole incident must have been for him and his family?
What is wrong with people? Do they really think “better safe than sorry” justifies this?
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