Good work, NYPD
In an outstanding display of brilliant police work, the NYPD arrested a high-profile suspect on Monday. Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez was placed in handcuffs and brought down to the local precinct at the end of the school day for (are you ready for this?) drawing on a desk with a lime-green erasable marker. That's right folks, the act of doodling is now an arrestable offense. The unsupecting junior high student was killing time while waiting for her Spanish teacher to pass out homework and scribbled "I love my friends Abby and Faith" and "Lex was here. 2/1/10" above a small smiley face. Instead of simply erasing it (it was an erasable marker, after all), police were notified and the child was handcuffed in front of the class and brought to the police station where she was held for several hours before being released to her mother. Despite the departments' apology (only issued after a full investigation), this is just the latest in a string of increasingly rediculous arrests by the NYPD including the handcuffing, arrest, and subsequent commital of a five year old boy to a mental hospital for crying at preschool. Way to go, NYPD. Keep protecting us from all those dangerous children.
