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		_0nac on June 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 11-Year-Old Boy Played in His Yard. CPS Took Him, ... Per the details in the original post, she is employed by a school, and has been suspended and told to not to talk to media until this is over: http://www.freerangekids.com/boy-11-plays-basketball-in-own-... And given the steady stream of well-documented, actual and equally ridiculous cases like this on Free Range Kids, I doubt this is a prank.

jbigelow76 on June 12, 2015 | [–]

I don't think it's impossible that this story is true, nor do I think it's a prank, but I wonder if the original author were pressed for identifying details if they would claim it was an amalgamation of different cases crafted into one "cautionary tale".

tsotha on June 12, 2015 | [–]

They want to make an example out of her.

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