An 11-year-old works all summer, saves $900, buys himself an electric dirt bike and rides about 300 feet from home to go fishing.
Police stop him, fingerprint him, tow his bike and send him to court โ with an officer telling him that failing to appear could result in a warrant.
When the machinery of the state comes down on a sixth-grader like heโs a hardened criminal, maybe we should stop and ask what kind of society we're building.
A child went fishing.
The government responded with fingerprinting the kid and giving him a court date.
Thatโs how a police state begins.
Matt Van Swol