11 Year Old Boy Arrested & Handcuffed Over "Inappropriate" Stick Figure Drawings with One Pointing Gun

11 Year old Arvada, CO, boy arrested & handcuffed for drawing stick figures with one pointing gun, with the words, "teacher must die."

SHAME: An 11 year old Arvada boy was arrested and taken away in handcuffs for drawing stick figures of himself with a gun pointed at four other stick figures saying "teacher must die." His therapist told him to draw stick figures when he was upset, according to KDVR. His parents have reportedly said they understood that what he did was inappropriate, but are ticked off by the way Arvada Police handled the case. I should also add that the boy reportedly suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

Last October, he drew stick figures of himself with a gun, pointed at four other stick figures with the words "teacher must die." He felt calmer and was throwing the picture away when the teacher saw it and sent him to the principal's office.

The school was aware that the boy was in treatment, determined he was not a threat, notified his parents and sent him back to class. His mother, "Jane" was shocked when Arvada Police showed up at their home later that night.

She says she told her son to cooperate and tell the truth, but was horrified when they told her they were arresting him and then handcuffed him and hauled him away in a patrol car. His mother says she begged police to let her drive her son to the police department and to let her stay with him through the booking process but they refused.

They put him in a cell, took his mug shot and fingerprinted him. He says he thought he was going to jail and would never be able to go home again. Source: KDVR

Seems to me like everyone overreacted and this was magnified to the extreme. It is obvious that child has some issues, so why did they go berserk over the pictures? Ridiculous.

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