Police State: The War on Children

Lifted from Mark Crispin Miller's News From Underground

US police pursue girl over stone

An 11-year-old girl who threw a stone at a group of boys pelting her with water balloons is being prosecuted on serious assault charges in California.

Maribel Cuevas was arrested in April in a police operation which involved three police cars and a helicopter.

She has since spent five days in detention, in which she was granted one 30 minute visit by her parents, and has spent a month under house arrest.

Her lawyer accuses the authorities of criminalising childhood behaviour.

"They're treating her like a violent parole offender," Richard Beshwate said. "It's not a felony, it's an 11-year-old acting like an 11-year-old."

This does not happen - it could not happen - in a nation, state or city where people truly value freedom.

And some people wonder why I call it Pig Nation, USA.

http://www.FreeMaribel.org