He didn't just show up a few days before his 16th birthday and start fighting.  The brainwashing started with his father and others working on his young mind years earlier.  He stood no chance of cultivating an independant thought about this.  The KKK does the same to their young children, they begin indoctrination as early as possible.  Our reasoning and other higher functioning skills are not fully developed until age 25 and only if we have been free of childhood trauma.  This child was denied his rights and is owed all the rehabilitative support that we can provide by both governments.  Harper should be billed directly.