Police harassing Kids?

u can call and fuss about it, and they will say yes mam, but in the end nothing will be done. your daughter is learning that life isn't fair, i guess u r too, there are kids out causing trouble, due to that she was stopped. yes, they shouldve handled u diff rent, but getting mad isnt changing it. no blood no foul

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The police responding to a call from another citizen about your children is not harassment. Does your city or state have a curfew? Most do. When you stated that your daughter was harassed by the same Officer at a movie theater, you should understand that most Officers work the same shift in the same areas everyday. If your daughter is out alot, it is not unusual that she would run into the same Officers more than once. I really think that you are overreacting. Would you rather that they didn't care enough to call you at all? They are certainly under no obligation to do so. I understand your tendency to believe that your daughter can do no wrong, but you have no idea what kind of behavior was occurring during any of these situations. I deal with kids and parents all the time, and every parents says the same thing about their child being the well-behaved one that is being harassed. Keep a more open mind and realize that not all teens are as innocent as they portray themselves to be to Mom and Dad. I'm not saying that your daughter is a delinquent, but stop overreacting.

Sabina,

Follow this through.

You are owed answers,

and get an attorney to

help you here.

There seems to be harassment

and no reasonable explanations

coming from the police.

If you feel you were not treated

with due procedures (which I agree)

again, you should follow this through.

Not all cops are bad,

but unfortunately some are,

and you and your daughter

are the only important issue

in this equation.

As for Charles, boy are you

out of line -- may I suggest

you go to school to learn some

understanding or at a minimum

some manners. I usually ignore

answers like yours, but in this

case, you crossed the line.

Sabina, collect yourself, breathe

deeply, and go after your rights!

One thing people have to realize about cops "harassing" them is that its the citizens who drive it. What happens is.... person after person call 911 about kids/drug activity/loud music/speeding cars etc., they send letters to the Chief and the newspapers about how the cops arent "doing anything" about their complaints, politicians lean on the police, the Chiefs lean on the Sergeants, the Sergeants lean on the partolmen to start rousting loiterers, ticketing cars and so on. So when the cops start "harassing" kids, stopping cars and looking for drugs to make you all happy then everybody starts complaining about THAT! The bottom line here is...noise complaint or not, the police have the right to "common law inquiry" which means that they have as much right to walk up to someone and ask.."hey who are you and what are you doing here?" as any other person. They dont have the right to detain anybody without reasonable suspicion or arrest without probable cause but your child wasnt arrested. If they were responding to a complaint or there is a loitering, curfew statute in your area then you have no cause for a complaint. Being that they were juveniles out late at night I believe that the officers were doing a good job checking their welfare by trying to determine if they were supposed to be out on the street at that hour.

What are 15 year old girls doing on the street? But if you want to lay a formal complaint call the district commissioner or your M.P. they normally take this problem up. Police need to follow up on kids now days. You should rather keep her away from the streets and the police. Take the boyfriend out of the equation and you will have less hassle. Then go to school with your daughter and learn to write English or American-what ever you call it. Rather police that check up on kids then police that dont. Can you imagine if the police checked your grammer then you would be in jail. Be greatful you are not in South Africa were police only call you when your kid is dead or just finished being raped.

they were doing their job. 15 year old girl has no business being out til 1230. it is the law , in by 1100. if you want them out after that, you have to be with them, not just your permission.

Whats her grammer got to do with?

You some freaked-out English teacher on steroids or something?

This sounds like the "harassed"" daughter posting the question, to me.

If you don't want to go by our laws you should go back to your own country. The police are doing their job.