Christopher Ratte, a University of Michigan professor, ordered a lemonade at a baseball game, removed the cap and handed it to his seven-year-old son. When a guard saw the boy drinking a Mike's Hard Lemonade, police were called in and the boy was removed from the stadium (by ambulance) and his parents' custody.
Ratte claims he had no idea the lemonade contained alcohol and that he'd never heard of Mike's.
We believe him. Because, for one, who would be that stupid to let his kid drink alcohol in public? He would have, at the very least, done what our parents did and disguised the booze in a baby bottle..then a Sesame Street sippy cup...then a My Little Pony thermos.... (just joking, Mom wasn't sneaking us booze until we were at least 14!).
Even though doctors found no trace of alcohol in the boy's system, he was placed in foster care for two days while Ratte was all but forced to watch bad television just so he could catch a Mike's commercial. Because, you know, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Or some shit.
[Don't Tase Me, Bro! via BoingBoing]
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