Two boys selling lemonade were robbed at gunpoint. Then their community stepped in to help

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/us/kids-selling-lemonade-gunpoint-illinois-trnd/index.html



(CNN)An Illinois community is rallying behind two 13-year-old boys after their lemonade stand was robbed at gunpoint. Jude and Tristan were selling lemonade in Peoria on August 7 when they were approached by two men, one who was holding a gun, said Officer Amy Dotson of the Peoria Police Department. CNN is identifying the boys by their first names to protect their privacy.

The men stole their cash box, which contained around $30, and fled on foot. The incident is still under investigation and no arrests have been made, according to police. "The boys were just shocked, they couldn't process what was happening until it was over," Nathan Peterson, Jude's father, told CNN. "I got a call from police saying, ''Hey, your kids are OK, but they just got robbed.' I almost blacked out, I was just so scared I was trying to get there as fast as possible."

But when he arrived at the scene, Peterson found something he didn't expect. Police officers had surrounded the lemonade stand, buying cups of lemonade and "paying maybe $20 each for it," trying to make the kids feel safe again, he said.

"I was relieved," Peterson said. "They created a very protective environment for the boys. This situation could have ended so badly, but somehow they helped turn what could have been a horrible experience into something beautiful."

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[matt819]

1. Nice story

Well, except for the gun point robbery pArt

Hate to be a downer, but how might this story have gone down if the kids running the lemonade stand were Black?

[List left]

4. My first thought as well. nt

[Baked Potato]

5. Yeah, like this...

[hlthe2b]

2. This is how police SHOULD act in such incidents (and not only in middle class neighborhoods...

and in the instance of white kids).

Kudos for that response and efforts to make those kids "whole," though. May we see more of that kind of compassion.

[progressive nobody]

3. I am angry that this happened to the kids. I am comforted the community came together BUT the

picture...

No Masks

No social distancing.


Am I wrong to be torn at which is more insane... Someone so desperate in this country to steal it from children or the fact there is a pandemic that can be control somewhat using the known steps that has been done by the rest of the world .