tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post5111451255857458168..comments2024-02-15T11:55:02.998-08:00Comments on Why Homeschool: I like this explanation about why we shouldn't talk with the policeHenry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-3298275493943333592013-09-18T17:29:57.901-07:002013-09-18T17:29:57.901-07:00I wish I'd covered this with my kids. My 15-y...I wish I'd covered this with my kids. My 15-year-old son went with some friends one night in April to watch a ball game, but they left and went into an abandoned building. They went up on the roof and jumped around, but didn't break anything while my son was there. <br /><br />The police showed up because there were cameras either in the building or on the grounds. He told them to leave and acted like it wasn't a big deal. A few days later the police show up at his school and have him write a letter of apology to the owners and no charges will be filed. No one contacted us ever, but our son did tell us about it. <br /><br />Now, just Monday (it's September, almost 6 months later) we get a summons to court and he's being charged with a <b>felony</b> and accused of breaking over $1000 of windows. <br /><br />Now they have in his own handwriting that he was in there, and the lawyer said the police do that all the time. Get the kids to write a letter and then enter that in the file and use it against them. My son's reaction was "The policeman lied!" He can't believe that. What a great lesson: don't trust the police.<br /><br />The lawyer said that if a person is over 14 years then the parents don't have to be notified, that way they can use the kids naivety against them.Robert M. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04859539802875463995noreply@blogger.com