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April 2, 2007
British Police Terrorize Child For Using the Word "Gay"
Posted by Dave Blount at April 2, 2007 9:13 AM
The UK may not be up to doing anything about Iran kidnapping its military personnel, but when it comes to serious crimes, the British lion remembers how to roar. Two Cheshire police officers were sent to pound on George Rawlinson's door after the 11-year-old was found to have called a 10-year-old classmate "gay."
The word was used, as it often is among kids, as a generic term of disapproval that has nothing to do with homosexuality. But British authorities aren't about to let children fail to display reverence for all things homosexual. The incident has been formally recorded as a crime.
Observed George's dad, Alan Rawlinson:
We are law-abiding citizens who have paid taxes all our lives. I've constantly contacted police about break-ins at my business and never get a suitable response. George was really upset, he thought he was going to be locked up. This just seemed like a huge waste of resources for something so trivial.
But at least George wasn't actually thrown in jail, which is what happened to 14-year-old Codie Scott when she was arrested for racism after complaining that she couldn't get involved in a class discussion because so few of the students speak English.
On a tip from V the K.
