'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

Ebony McCombs expected to see her son one last time before he was transferred from the District's youth rehabilitation agency. But when he asked to speak with police about things Perry C. White had told him, all that changed.

An 18-year-old ward of the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services recently told staff at a juvenile detention facility he shot a senior-level agency administrator last year, according to agency documents and high-ranking union officials who represent DYRS workers.
But when he asked to speak with police about things Perry C. White had told him, all that changed.
D.C. youth agency transfers teen who sought to report ‘terrible things’ →
On March 3, 2011, he was accused of "Sexual Misconduct Major," the notes state -- a charge that was emailed to Mr. McInnis.
D.C. youth agency transfers teen who sought to report ‘terrible things’ →