A 26 year old father of several children, was arrested when he picked up three of his kids from a Canadian school in Waterloo, Ontario. It’s wasn’t because of anything he did. It was because his four year old daughter drew a picture of a gun!
Specifically, she said it was a picture of her dad shooting bad guys. Her teachers back that up: “…he uses it to shoot bad guys and monsters.”-statement from teachers
The father was stripped searched. It was only after he was stripped searched that he was told why he was arrested!
“We had every concern, based on this information [ie an innocent drawing!], that children were in danger.”–Kevin Thaler, freaked out Paranoid Waterloo Regional Police Inspector
Paranoid Canadian police also searched the family’s home, where they freaked out when they found a toy clear plastic gun! They actually tested the clear plastic gun to make sure it was not a real gun! When they were satisfied the gun was not real, they let the father go, and no charges were filed!
The children were also detained and interviewed by Family and Children’s Services.
Apparently, in Canada drawing pictures of guns is a violation of “Public Safety” laws!!!!
“From a public safety point of view, any child drawing a picture of guns and saying there’s guns in a home would warrant some further conversation with the parents and child.”–Alison Scott, freaked out paranoid executive director of Family and Children’s Services