Oh, I did start at the beginning of the thread. I just disagree that children should ever be be placed in harms way at the gunpoint of government thugs for the dastardly deed of selling some pipes.
This was far more than one business and or that of selling pipes. Read the article again.
The guy put his family in harms way by his choices to deal in this stuff...and his association with others likewise. Thereby he put his children in danger. Furthermore 12 year old kids today are not the kids once were....especially in the drug trade where they are often used by their family's.
I have no problem with them taking down a 12 year old...For example, in a survey of 18,348 middle and high school students from Maryland, 7% of 6th graders 14% of 8th graders, and 24% of 10th graders reported being asked to sell drugs.
In Washington, DC, 12% of boys and 3% of girls in grades 6 and 7 were asked to sell drugs and 20% of boys and 7% of girls in grades 7 and 8 were asked to sell drugs.
It's no secret they go after the kids to assist in what they do.