My little children were detained because of a toy gun. Prevent has gone too far | Anonymous

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February 01, 2017 at 08:41AM

I bought my five- and seven-year-old sons a toy gun in a supermarket. What happened next has changed our feelings about our place in Britain

On the penultimate day of spring term 2016, my children – aged five and seven – were detained in isolation after school for nearly two hours and questioned by police officers (without the consent or presence of a parent) because of a toy gun.

This was the day our family’s perception of its place in the community was turned upside down. Our lives are divided into before and after.

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