This story is WAY too scarce on the Internet to be true.
But the big question: What was the purpose of creating a hoax story like this? This story doesn't read like "The Onion", "Eye of the Tiber" or a comedy/hoax. There's nothing funny or over-the-top about this story. It also claims to be completely true.
My best hypothesis:
Is this some kind of CIA honeypot to see who will take the bait and spread the word? They want to know how information flows, so they can shut down the relevant websites when the time comes. Maybe this is one of those tests?
Just replace "girl kidnapped by CPS" with "The government is rounding people up in Louisiana" and you'll understand why they want to know how information flows. They want to know who to "cut off" if they want to keep things a secret.
Florida Girl Turned over to CPS for Selling Lemonade
An enterprising young Florida girl was arrested and turned over to child protective services following an incident that occurred on the normally quiet streets of Lakeland, Florida.
Officers from the Lakeland Police Department had approached Ashley Hale, 12, who was operating a “lemonade stand” on the corner of E. DSC_0504Main St. and Eastdale Dr. The Lakeland Police Department claimed it acted based on numerous complaints and 911 calls from passing motorists; apparently, Ms. Hale’s lemonade tasted so good that passers-by simply stopped their cars on the busy thoroughfare–creating a traffic jam–for a cup of her homemade lemonade. One as of yet unidentified officer bullied her into surrendering a free glass of lemonade, citing an imaginary law that public servants are entitled to “free food and drink” within city limits. According to a witness on scene, the officer drank the glass in one gulp and scolded Ms. Hale for charging the outrageous price of $1.00 a cup.
She was then asked to produce a permit, told that she could be fined or even jailed for operating a public business without the proper licenses and permits. An educated young lady, Hale schooled the officers on American values, insisting that as a sovereign citizen she was within her rights to practice capitalism in a free market economy. The motivated young lady told police she sold lemonade to raise money for her father’s birthday gift.
The officers insisted she produce identification. She replied, “I’m 12 years old when ID do you expect me to have? I’m just making money for a present.”
That, our Florida source said, is when the encounter turned caustic.
When police demanded to know the nature of the gift, Ashley Hale exercised her 5th Amendment right to remain silent, saying only “I don’t answer questions.”
The police then put the squeeze on her, browbeating her with threats of huge fines and incarceration. “Your mommy and daddy can also go to jail for this,” one officer said. The educated young lady was no match for their brutal intimidation tactics. One witness, wishing to remain anonymous for fear of police retaliation, said the officers had their hands on their sidearms while speaking with Ms. Hale.
She buckled under pressure, and confessed to raising money to purchase her father a new hunting rifle.
“Your father has guns in the home?” one officer asked. When she refused to answer, police handcuffed her and placed her in the back seat of a squad car. Instead of escorting her home, police remanded her to child protective services under Florida’s “Child Welfare and Safety Law.”
Although no formal charges have been pressed against either Ms. Hale or her parents, Ashley Hale remains in the clutches of child protective services pending the outcome of a child custody hearing, scheduled for June 18th.
Ashley’s father, an avid and experienced hunter, is a renowned neurosurgeon with no criminal history; her mother is an american history professor at Florida State University.
http://www.beholdapale.com/blog/girlarrestedsellinglemonade/
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