Man really frightened my son earlier

[Smowball]

My son and his friend went up the shops to get some sweets this afternoon. A short while later there was a knock on the door and when I opened it there was a man standing there , and my son and his friend were in tears. the man said he has caught them throwing sweets at his brand new car and he had marched them home.I couldnt get much sense out of anybody as the boys were hysterical and the man was angry. He then sort of changed the story and said he had seen my son throw one sweet up in the air as he walked by the car and when he went out there were several sweets on his car(??). Knowing that they shouldnt have thrown anything anywhere at all I got them to apologise to the man and then got them inside. It was only then that I found out that the man had ran outside and grabbed my son by his wrists, his friend got scared and ran off so the man chased him too whilst dragging my son with him and grabbed the friend as well. He dragged them both by the wrists all the way to our house and they both have red marks round both their wrists. They are both very very upset and were really scared. I know they were wrong for trowing the single sweet in the air but this man should never have done what he did and I dont know what to do about it. The boys are 11 yrs old.

[emmie]

vulcan, not sure how you could get recompense, suggest taking a photo of said offence, and showing it to the parents and the police, if would prove at least you are not a liar. If someone was damaging my property in that way or anyway, i would be onto it like a shot.
The boys in question got what they deserved.

[DrFilth]

think there is more to this story a jelly baby will not damaged a car

[Smowball]

hi guys quick update. they werent throwing anything at any car. they threw one jelly baby up in the air as they walked down a road and past a house, they didnt realise it had landed on a car and even the man admitted that my son didnt look back and know it had hit the car. he also elbowed my son in the ribs when he tried to restrain him and he now has bruising. Yes the sweet should NOT have been thrown anywhere, but still...

[LoftyLottie]

Changes my views now somewhat, Snowball. I imagined that the man just held them by the wrists and marched them back home. If he used force to stop them running which caused bruising to the ribs, then that is a different matter and is not acceptable.

And if it was only one jelly baby that dive bombed his car by accident, then the man is totally daft and needs some anger control treatment...........................

[Ann]

I'm not sure what to think ........... I think I would have taken them home to see the parents. He was probably holding them by the hand and they were squirming and twisting their wrists trying to get away. By taking them home, he clearly wasn't going to kidnap or harm them - just to teach them an old fashioned lesson not to do it again. This is the trouble with this country today - nobody is allowed to discipline children anymore that's why they are running wild, "knowing their rights" and basically laughing in the face of lawlessness as they know nobody can touch them. We were brought up in a different generation, I know, but were always taught to respect other people and their property and were terrified if told off by a policeman. The most serious offence we did was trying to scrump apples from an overgrown orchard near to my friend's house - she was braver than me and I sooo scared we would be found out!