11-year-old boy arrested for drawing stick figure with gun captioned "teachers must die"

[Jenna]

They say "Tim" is being treated for Attention Deficit Disorder and his therapist told him to draw pictures when he got upset, rather than disrupt the class. So that’s what he did.

Last October, he drew stick figures of himself with a gun, pointed at four other stick figures with the words "teachers must die."

He's charged with a third degree misdemeanor, interfering with staff and students at an educational facility. The system says it's doing what's in the best interest of the child. But Tim's therapist says handcuffing an 11-year-old and putting him in a cell over something like this is "quite an overreaction" and does much more harm than good.

More here: Arvada Police defend arrest of 11-year-old over drawing - KDVR

[213th]

So a grown adult can make a rap "song" about killing cops, and thats fine, but an 11 year old child draws a picture and gets arrested?

[MacLean]

Common sense fail.

[Five-0]

Lot of these failures going around lately.