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10-year-old steals car and drives it through playground [1]
['Rob Beschizza']
Date: 2024-10-05
Police in Minneapolis arrested a 10-year-old boy who took a car and drove it through a school playground. Other children at Nellie Stone Johnson School narrowly avoided being struck and it isn't the kid's first rodeo—the BBC reports "over 30 prior entries" in a rap sheet that includes auto theft and assault.
Police chief Brian O'Hara called for urgent intervention to prevent further harm.
"It is unfathomable that a 10-year-old boy has been involved in this level of criminal activity without effective intervention," Police Chief Brian O'Hara said. "Prison is not an acceptable option for a 10-year-old boy. But the adults who can stop this behavior going forward must act now to help this child and his family." Police said the boy's family members are cooperating and "have asked for help to keep their son or anyone else from being injured or killed."
Looks like there's crack in the local system that kids like this one fall into. They placed strict limits on the time kids can spend in juvie but have not established secure thereapeutic alternatives to it, so young suspects too messed up to be prosecuted just get released.
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