Tacoma mom upset Secret Service questioned 7th-grade son without her knowledge - KCPQ
Someone posted this news clip on my facebook page today railing against president Obama about what happened to this kid. So I decided to read the article and see what all the fuss was about. After reading the article and watching the video I thought that at first it does seem a bit over reactive on the secret services part to come and question this boy at school but than I also found it interesting that Fox news chose not to reveal what the boy actually posted. Typical of their one sided journalism. They did say however that 'part' of it read "First order, suicide bomb Obama. Suck it!" Hmm, think there is a reason why they chose not to reveal the rest of his post?
You know, your job as a parent should be to teach your kids that it is inappropriate to say things or post things that are about killing people especially the president. But even though the mother, Timi Robertson stated “I understand why they would want to come and speak to him about the post,” what she decides to do is to go on a crusade about her little baby being questioned and traumatized... Really? What do you think your teaching your kid with that?
I think it's a good lesson to be learned that if you make threats towards your classmates, teachers, parents or the president of the United States that you may earn yourself an investigation from the secret service no matter what your age is. That is their job-protect our president and we all know we are living in times that require them to be diligent about what is posted over the internet. I'm sure there are certain key phrases that are picked up automatically to be investigated. And don't you know that everyone would be standing in line to berate them when this kid in two or three years ends up hurting someone and they see that posts he made like that were never taken seriously? Dig into his computer or phone and I bet you find more things like that too.
We have plenty of "children" out there who have committed serious crimes. Surely we have learned that you can't take those things that kids say for granted. If the same threat would have been made towards another student at the school or a teacher, I wonder if people would still criticize the kid being questioned before mom arrived? And oh yes, couldn't help but throw this one in: The secret service hasn't responded to your request for them to answer to you FOX News? Who cares? Who are you to expect them to answer to you?
You know, your job as a parent should be to teach your kids that it is inappropriate to say things or post things that are about killing people especially the president. But even though the mother, Timi Robertson stated “I understand why they would want to come and speak to him about the post,” what she decides to do is to go on a crusade about her little baby being questioned and traumatized... Really? What do you think your teaching your kid with that?
I think it's a good lesson to be learned that if you make threats towards your classmates, teachers, parents or the president of the United States that you may earn yourself an investigation from the secret service no matter what your age is. That is their job-protect our president and we all know we are living in times that require them to be diligent about what is posted over the internet. I'm sure there are certain key phrases that are picked up automatically to be investigated. And don't you know that everyone would be standing in line to berate them when this kid in two or three years ends up hurting someone and they see that posts he made like that were never taken seriously? Dig into his computer or phone and I bet you find more things like that too.
We have plenty of "children" out there who have committed serious crimes. Surely we have learned that you can't take those things that kids say for granted. If the same threat would have been made towards another student at the school or a teacher, I wonder if people would still criticize the kid being questioned before mom arrived? And oh yes, couldn't help but throw this one in: The secret service hasn't responded to your request for them to answer to you FOX News? Who cares? Who are you to expect them to answer to you?
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