At two o'clock in the morning, two LAPD detectives showed up at the front door of our apartment. I made them identify themselves twice yelling through the door, before I opened it. They came in and told me to get dressed. I said what for, really pissing them off. They said they had my mother in jail and I had to spend the night downtown in CYA. I said fuck that, I didn't do anything wrong. They said, your legal guardian is in jail, you can not be left alone.
So I finally got it that they were going to take me to kid-jail unless I came up with something. I asked to call my dad who lived out in the Valley. They let me make the call. They talked to the old man on the phone, and decided it was legit, so they got an estimate of how long it would be before he came and got me and decided to leave.
[WS:] Did you read what I wrote? I did not say that juveniles without adult supervision are not sent to the foster care system. I said that foster care system is NOT a "kid-jail." This is a hyperbole false on its face. It may have some appeal to star-eyed campus radicals, but it will get anyone laughed out of the stage in any serious policy discussion.
And BTW, it is good that a kid whose legal guardian was arrested on drunk driving charges was promptly send to foster care. Leaving minors to their own devices in such situations amounts to child neglect and creates potential for abuse.
Wojtek