Teens in trouble for throwing a marshmallow
12.04.2011
They say sticks and stones can hurt you. But surely, a marshmallow can’t hurt anyone! The British police might not agree. They are threatening to charge a group of teens with assault for throwing a marshmallow at another teen.
The teens were on their way to their school, Torpoint Community College in Cornwall, England, when one of them threw a pink marshmallow that hit another pupil. The pupil called his parents and the parents called the police, who took the teens out of school to question them and then drove them home in a police car.
One of the teens accused of throwing the marshmallow is 13-year-old Nathan Watch. He told reporters, “I didn't think in a million years it would cause this much trouble. Now I don't know what will happen." Nathan’s father, Nigel, added, “You'd think the police would have better things to do with their time than investigate something as trivial as this.”
(Sprichwort) sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never hurt you
hier: Anklage erheben
Körperverletzung, tätlicher Angriff
beschuldigt
untersuchen
belanglos, unbedeutend
COMMENTS
That's silly. Who the hell calls the police because of someone throwing marshmallows? It isn't even a thing I'd tell the teachers. I mean: How many jelly bears have been flying through our class since we've entered high school? And how many have hit a kid of the class? I can tell you it have been quiete a lot. :)