A three-year-old soccer prodigy went viral. The adults have already let him down

Summary

From Ms Rachel to Roc Nation, the internet embraced a Florida toddler. Police records reviewed by the Guardian complicate the story – and raise troubling questions There is real tragedy in this week’s story of the three-year-old Florida boy whose parents claimed he was so good at soccer that police were called to do what opposing defenders couldn’t . But it doesn’t lie where the outrage cycle wants you to think. It’s broader, implicates more people, and to me, is far more depressing. You may have seen the video by now. Here was a toddler with fabulous soccer talent, running end-to-end and…

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