Tiffany Kelly created a petition, in which he described the incident in Montgomery County, Maryland.
As told to Kelly, her child brought to school a toy the money and handed some of them to other kids on the bus. Kelly explains that he did so to improve relations with other children, as this is what the child is experiencing difficulties.
«The money vivid pink Asian symbols on the front and back, and a dotted line, to make it clear that money was a toy,» wrote Kelly, adding that her son was excited to be able to count «their money».
Kelly said that one of the toy bills were later discovered in the bus and after it was viewed a recording of the morning of the trip, someone called the police to school in Chevy chase to question the child. Kelly said he also invited the secret service, but she did not elaborate, was interviewed Lee and they her child.
Tiffany Kelley is complaining about “overpolicing” of minorities and people with disabilities. Her son is a 4th grader @MCPS was questioned by police after bringing play money to school. Someone found what they thought was a counterfeit bill on his bus. #News4 @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/ukiPbawfE6
— Chris Gordon (@ChrisGordonNews) June 11, 2019
«No one called me. Nobody gave me know what is going on with my son. Me, as a parent of my child, completely ignored. Someone please help me understand why my child with disabilities was questioned without my presence?»- wrote Kelly, adding that a police officer contacted her at 16:00 after her son was questioned.
During that conversation the officer told Kelly that they decided that her son did not commit any crimes, so it is not trying to spend the money.
«I don’t understand. I have revised the rules of the school district; we are never told about what would happen if someone really tries to pay with fake money. There was nothing illegal; who in the school district decided what happened so serious a crime that we should call the police instead of calling his mother»,- she wrote.
In fact, the school district stated that the rule is to contact the police if a pupil suspected of using counterfeit money to buy. However, the son of Kelly didn’t tried to buy toy money.
The school district told NBC News that in this situation the cops should not have.
