I feel sorry for you. Maybe this can help you to understand.
Understanding Anger-Guilt Splits | Psychology Today.
I think that it's great that you see goodness in people...seriously. I wish more people did.
Unfortunately, this wasn't a chance encounter with a kid, In this case, the kid was the subject of a violence complaint. We all know that kids
can, and
do kill kids at school over bullying, so officers were cautious.
Boy, 6, Accused in Classmate's Killing - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
In police work, you can
NEVER assume that someone is unarmed or harmless until you talk it out in a safe space. It's the reason the kid was cuffed. The officers would be unwilling to do a pat down in this scenario, especially in front of other kids. Cuff, then move to a safe location then do a safety interview in that order. It's police 101.
The interview clarifies the situation, threat assumptions, and also helps establish if further action is merited. Once it's determined that the risk isn't there, cuffs come off, and the subject is released (as appropriate to the scenario).
Until the facts were
known, the police were responding to a kid that threatened a kid with violence. Whatever the drawing showed, It was bad enough for a kid to share it with a parent, and for that parent to get a lawyer and contact the school and demand police involvement.
To me at least, this appears to be angry people trying to use this for their platform or agenda. The other thig is that this is
OLD news. It happened almost two years ago.