text: what rights do children have if taken into custody but not arrested? four children were stopped by police officers while walking up the street.  the police officers then took the children into custody after they found a "clear" soft pellet gun and a "bb" gun on the children. one of the parents happen to of seen the children and stopped.  outraged by the way the children were being held, the police officer told her that he was embarrassed for her condoning them to play with these guns.  he further said that people get killed by these.  (they are killed by police officers who can't tell the difference).  he further instructed the parent to go home and that they would contact her in an hour.  he did not tell her why the children were taken in.  another officer spoke in codes. when one of the children asked her what she was saying, she replied "none of your business".  the children were patted down as if they were criminals. they had just finished playing together in a public park.  these children get decent grades with one 3.5 receipient. all were black. the only rights they have is to be protected, they do not have constitutional rights because that would mean that a 14 year old would have a right to bear arms and that just wont happen,, so they have a right to be protected under law and that is it,, the parents have to be notified about any arrest,, and the police cant question them unless the parents say ok and are there,,also there are city codes,, but they uaually do not supercede laws,, dont get confused about rights by the law and city codes,, example the law may say,, curfew is 11pm, but the city code says  1030.. if a minor was out at 1040..no law was broken,, only a city code,, and there is no criminal action only a city code violation,