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The underage kids weren't arrested and taken to jail. They were taken to a juvenile center and the parents called. Do you know for a fact that the 10 year old was with her Father? I expressed skepticsm that any parent would have their 10 year old daughter out on a Sunday night, after 12:30 am, eating dinner, then allowing her to be separated from him. It was just my personal opinion and unless you have personal knowledge that the Father was really there, I'm still skeptical.

I NEVER said I was on side of the police. I clearly said I was looking at it from the perspective of someone who has dealt with un-ruly kids cruising and causing this exact type of problem for businesses, patrons and residents. In my hometown we've had to hire more police officers to deal with the problem. We've also had to close a road permanently to keep the cruisers from using a residential neighborhood as a turnaround, and we can no longer use the inside lane north or south on the main street through town as it has to be dedicated for emergency vehicles. All this and more at the taxpayer's expense, and inconvience to businessman, patrons and residents.

Our kids always knew that they had to be home by curfew. They had no trouble understanding that if they ever went against that rule and went up there contributing to the problem, and were picked up for violating curfew, we would NOT be running to their defense. They would be paying the fine and lose their car privledges. There would be no lawyers or ACLU to save them from their own bad decisions.

That being said, If the cops over-stepped their authority, then they were wrong and should have consequences. It looks like the police problems come from an internal power struggle. Now they are caving under the threats from lawyers and parents.

My PERSONAL OPINION still remains that this whole situation was brought upon by 400+ un-ruly kids, partying and creating a public nuisance. That it was an ongoing problem, and un-fair to business and residents. This community has my sympathies.

It was just my personal opinion and unless you have personal knowledge that the Father was really there, I'm still skeptical.

A lawsuit has been filed against the city by a man who said he was at the Sonic with his 10 year old daughter eating when the raid began. He claims they were separated by the police.

I can't imagine filing such a suit unless those basic facts were true. They're easily verifiable from police records.