Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 28, 2011

Five-year-old Stockton, California resident Michael Davis has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and sometimes proved to be a disruptive influence in his class.

Seeking to ?cure? Michael of his rambunctiousness, the faculty of Rio Calaveras Elementary School arranged a meeting with Lt. Frank Gordo, a ?resource officer? assigned to the district.

At one point, according to Gordo?s account, he placed his hand on Michael. The youngster, according to Gordo, ?pushed my hand away in a batting motion, pushed papers off the table, and kicked me in the right knee.?

Rather than backing off and calming down, which is how a functioning adult would have behaved, Gordo arrested the child, zip-tying his hands and ankles and dragging him to the station, where he was charged with ?battery on a police officer.? He was also forced to undergo a psychiatric exam.

Michael, whose parents are divorced, may have emotional problems. This much should be said: Whatever ?affliction? inspired this youngster?s reflexive hostility towards a State-licensed armed bully is something I wish the rest of us would catch.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ made us free.