Rebuttal

2: The French Fry That Put Kids In Jail

April 10, 2023

On October 23, 2000, 12-year old Ansche Hedgepeth ate a single french fry in the Tenleytown-AU Metro station in Washington, D.C. on her way home from Alice Deal Junior High. Within seconds, she was in handcuffs. Why? Because a D.C. law dared to ask a simple question: "What if we just...arrested all the kids?"....Reb unpacks Hedgepeth v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit. [TW: ARREST OF MINOR CHILDREN] FULL EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/i4bYMAB1BAc Follow @RebuttalPod on Instagram and @Rebmasel on TikTok :) 2006 ABCNews article mentioned: ⁠https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/01/08/update-girl-whose-french-fry-arrest-led-to-metro-policy-change-sets-sights-on-college-career/c221cecd-19bb-4d59-aa2d-a26eacf61830/⁠ *** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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