Kid cop claims greater good in overboard bust

The authorities are working overtime to justify their inappropriate interrogation and punishment of the 6 year old they "busted" for passing a bag of dirt to a friend.

"If she would have been 14, we would have been arrested her and taken her to jail." Sgt. Shirley Porter said. "It's important that a student understands what a drug is." .

Excuse me, but if she was 14 years old and still playing in the dirt, blissfully unaware of what drugs are, she would need remedial education, not jail time.

Nonetheless, it seems to me that maybe Ms. Porter has burned out after 16 years as "kid cop" and lost her objectivity. You wouldn't give a six year old a pack of matches either but you wouldn't think twice about handing them to a 14 year old and asking her to light the oven.

Not to mention, this heavy handed policy will do more to arouse this child's curiosity about drugs, not suppress it. I mean, she's already been punished for fake drugs, chances are she will now want to know what real ones look like.