Confiscating the Truth, Not Just an iPad?

Media outrage painted a simple story: a mother arrested for disciplining her children. But the facts, confirmed by Surrey Police, tell a very different tale.

It’s the kind of headline many people have suggested is designed to provoke anger: “Mother arrested for confiscating her daughter’s iPads.” And predictably, the story rocketed across radio airwaves and social media timelines after LBC aired an emotional interview with 50-year-old Vanessa Brown.

But what they didn’t share — at least, not in full — was Sur…