An 11-year-old boy who was drawing a stick man in the classroom is arrested

An 11 - year - old boy who attended a school in Aarvada, Colorado state, was arrested because of drawing a stick figure in the classroom.

In his painting a boy with a gun aimed at a stick man who seems to be a teacher was drawn and a phrase such as "teacher should die" was added, but although it was a problem at school, once as a harmless one The situation converged. But that night, the police suddenly visited the boy 's house, and he took handcuffs and took himself.

Details of the incident are as follows.Arvada boy, 11, arrested over violent stick figure drawing - KDVR

An 11 - year - old boy attending a school in Colorado / Aravada was arrested for the painting of stick figures at school and carried on handcuffed. Although the parents of the boys understand that there was a part inappropriate for his son's work, I am angry with the treatment of a boy by Aravada police.

Since parents oppose the publication of the real name of a boy, it is being reported using pseudonyms. Tim (pseudonym) isADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)I am receiving medical treatment. In addition, the therapist in charge of him said that if he felt an impulse that could not be held down during the lesson, he was instructing him to draw a picture rather than acting like interfering with the class.

Tim tried to calm herself by painting as the therapist said, but that picture was arrested because of that picture. Last October, he painted a picture with a phrase "Teacher must die". There, four stick figures showed that stick man who showed himself was turning his gun.


Having painted, he felt calm and threw away the painting at once, but the teacher who picked it up and looked at the contents got him headed to the principal's office. The school side knows that Tim is under treatment of ADHD and judges that a stickman's picture is not a threat to school life. I informed Tim's parents about the matter and put Tim back in the classroom.

Suddenly the night of the day when the series of events seemed to converge, Aravada police visited Tim's house and Jane (aka), his mother, was shocked terribly. She said that she cooperated with the police and encouraged her son to tell the truth, but the police arrested Tim on the spot, handcuffed, put on a police car and took him on the patrol car.

Tim's mother said that he at least sent his son to the police with a car and appealed him to bring him aside until the police procedure was over, but the police refused the offer. I took the entrained Tim into a cell, photographed his face picture, and picked up a fingerprint, and progressed the same procedure as a criminal. Tim said that he thought that he would be sent to prison at this time and never to return home.

According to the report created by the police, Tim said that he drew a picture because he dissipated the impulse, he actually testified that he did not intend to hurt teachers and someone else. The school side was also taking a stance not to admit Tim's charges at the beginning, but he seems to have changed his mind because police contacted him late into the night.

According to a juvenile assessment report, Tim has not raised any trouble of violating the law before, and the risk of being arrested is low. However, regardless of the innocence history of the past, he says that he will be charged with a misdemeanorable content that he acted as an obstacle to teachers and surrounding students at educational institutions. The police commented that this treatment is the best for Tim. However, Tim's therapist is criticizing that the act of "handcuffling an 11-year-old boy and pushing it into a cell," is a "total overreaction", not to be beneficial, but to adversely affect him.

Tim is currently in the grace period and if he completes this period without any problems, criminal charges will be canceled. But his parents said that this incident cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. If he knew that his son cooperated with the police would be forced to a disadvantageous situation, he seems to regret that he should hire a lawyer with that money and exercise his right to remain silent.

The fact that the police did not decide to arrest Tim in the press content is not written, and it is also true that teachers bother to pick up the paintings that the boy abandoned and checked and there are many parts that get caught.ADHD is still controversial in ambiguity as a disorder and social recognitionBut, when will the shock received by the Tim boy heal, and when will it be possible to concentrate on treatment again ...?