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Children Arrested, DNA Tested for Playing in a Tree?

skelator2821 wrote in with another account of a police action gone way overboard. From the article: "To the 12-year-old friends planning to build themselves a den, the cherry tree seemed an inviting source of material. But the afternoon adventure turned into a frightening ordeal for Sam Cannon, Amy Higgins and Katy Smith after they climbed into the 20ft tree - then found themselves hauled into a police station and locked into cells for up to two hours." skelator2821's basic question in all of this: "What is this World coming to? Do you think they went to far?" Well? Do you?

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  1. Re:Do I think they went to far? by g1zmo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It might be cheaper to fly directly into it

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    I have found there are just two ways to go.
    It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow.
    -REK, Jr.