http://drumsnwhistles.disqus.com/photos, pugs and all that jazzenMon, 14 Apr 2008 11:27:39 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2008/03/12/skittle-buying-middle-schooler-busted/#comment-333867<p>This is how they treat children in Connecticut.</p><p>A 6'5 Homeland Security officer hauled a 13 year old girl in Seymour into a school back room and asker her sexual orientation as she had passed a note to another girl. If that is not beyond ridiculous, I don't know what is.</p><p>I owned a Connecticut home, was raising a family, and I had built up a business over 20 years. I had no criminal record and I pepper spray a felon who tried to rob me after jumping me in my Stafford Springs, Connecticut, dark driveway. Connecticut State Police came and only arrested me. Self-defense is illegal in Connecticut, so a Connecticut Judge, Jonathan Kaplan, sentenced me to a year in prison.</p><p>I have lost my family, ability to work and own a home.</p><p>To the children and their parents in Connecticut, get out while you can.</p><p>For more on my story, google "Steven G. Erickson"</p>Steven G. EricksonMon, 14 Apr 2008 11:27:39 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2008/03/12/skittle-buying-middle-schooler-busted/#comment-226416<p>It's moronic stuff like this that makes us want to homeschool. Poor kid. All of this zero tolerance stuff has gotten way out of hand...</p>Kristie McNealyWed, 12 Mar 2008 23:30:51 -0000