American "police"

This story "feels" just like so many I've heard while working with family and law enforcement. The "crime" is often something small but just being processed and becoming involved with the "system" completely destroys peoples lives.

His mother says she begged police to let her drive her son to the police department and to let her stay with him through the booking process but they refused.At first school officials did not want to press charges, but changed their mind when police called them later that night."Tim" is on probation and if he completes that successfully, the criminal charges will be dropped. But his parents say it has cost them thousands of dollars so far.