Your entire worldview is shaped when you are a child. One negative interaction with an institution can stay with you for the rest of your life and fill you with mistrust.
As such, an 8-year-old detained by the police can quite easily spend the rest of their life being fearful of officers!
A video showing an 8-year-old boy crying profusely as police officers detain him in Syracuse, New York has been making rounds on the internet. Read the full story here ▶