[jamieb]

"We have to...protect the general public and specifically, in this case, with it involving school children, we have to act."

This is disgusting. If someone says what he did it means one of two things:

1. He really meant it, and is about to go out and eat children.

2. He was being creative in a public medium.

It should be immediately obvious that in this case, we are dealing with situation #2 and the boy should be released. I am of the opinion that the burden of proof means that police should not be allowed to arrest someone even in the case of #1 unless there is more than just a public statement. It beggars belief that after discovering the facts in this case that the police still have him in custody.

This law must be found unconstitutional as soon as possible.