Give the finger? Get the thumb!

Cop arrests girl, 5 - twice

A German police chief has come under fire after arresting a five-year-old girl for playing too roughly with his son - and then charging her for giving him the finger.

Little Monika Kretzmer was in tears when the police chief - named only as Wolfgang M for legal reasons - drove her home under arrest when she upset his son at a sandpit.

But the furious cop arrested her again a few days later when she saw him in uniform and allegedly stuck a finger up at him.

The police chief despatched a team of officers to the family home in Chiemgau, Germany, to warn her parents of her actions and tell them she would be charged with anti social behaviour.

But family lawyer Roland Netzer said: "This sort of behaviour by the police in the city casts a shadow over their reputation.

"We have filed a complaint with the Interior Ministry and we can assure the policeman she doesn't even know what it means to show someone the finger."


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I had to laugh at this story because of the idea that the child does not know what the finger means, yet she knows enough that it means something bad to flash it at someone she does not like?:eek:

Throw the coloring book at this kid!!!!

Honestly Richard...where do you find these stories?!? It is a bit upsetting that a 5 years old has seen the finger being given. :eek: And, yes, let's hope that she doesn't know what it means.