Being charged with a felony and being convicted of one, especially at 13, are 2 entirely different situations.
While the felony charge is probably a bit overboard, punishing the kid for his actions is not a bad thing. When I was a kid, the cop just bringing the kid home would have taught enough of a lesson, but nowadays, that is more often a badge of street cred.
In my youth ( 50’s), pelting the local cops with snowballs was a right of passage, a way of counting coup as it were. Never even had a cop get mad about it ... often they tossed them back at us. Times have changed.
Typical .gov gunthug intimidation.
Two false charges in Electra, Texas. Prosecutor tries to add more at pretrial. And so much more.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3125566/posts
The Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emmoJvpSGyw
The government is thugs.
Hard to imagine this case resulting in a conviction.
His arm! Parents are right to show outrage.
Back then there would have been a dad in the home to deliver another form of justice. The kid wouldn't have been able to sit for a week and would have learned not to do things like that again. The kid would have grown up to be a law abiding, productive citizen.
Punishing the kid? For throwing a snowball?
A normal person would throw a snowball back at the kid.
Easy PR for the police department “Look what a great guy we hired-—”