Excessive

In Winslow Township four teenage boys have been accused of plotting to kill other kids at their high school. According to the Ledger

The boys, between the ages of 14 and 16, were arrested Wednesday after police heard about the alleged plot from administrators at the school, where three of the teens are students. Authorities did not release their names because of their ages.

The police arrested the boys and charged them with some low level crimes so they could get them into family court and get them evaluated. So far so good. The authorities are acting in a reasonable manner. Then, for no discernable reason, the boys were charged with terrorism. Terrorism? they didn't even have weapons or access to weapons.

Authorities said the boys did not have any weapons to carry out the alleged plot.

So now, a law that was passed after September 11th in order to combat Islamic terrorists, is being used to fight American teenagers, with no weapons and who never acted out anything.

And people wonder why a conservative hates the Patriot Act and all other laws like it.