LDS, let me put it this way. I've seen so many horrible stories on the news these days about cops beating up pre-teens, and even worse replies from folks siding with the cops.
Recorded footage is aired of a cop beating up a female 12-year-old student half his size. Comments call the kid a hooligan and say the cop was justified. Course, all the "hooligan" did was act rowdy in class, and rather than give her detention, the teacher has the cop beat her up.
A cop is recorded on tape at a kid's birthday pool-party, using mace on a kid. Again, the cop is justified, and the "hoodlums" are to blame. Yeah, there house and all they did - maybe - was make too much noise, but it's their fault.
It's like Rodney King with children.
Are we such barbarians that this has become acceptable? Each time I asked, "WTF? Why is this an issue? Police who beat up kids are bullies and dirty cops who should be stripped of their badges and fired, end of story!"
What has America become? I ask you that. We used to be better than this. The flag is NOT more important than a child's well-being. End of story.