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Girl arrested for butter knife in backpack
St. Petersburg Times ^
| Oct.26, 2005
| Michael Cruse
Posted on 10/26/2005 1:56:53 PM PDT by headsonpikes
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Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence
To: headsonpikes
This is ridiculous!
What if she had a pair of scissors?
To: headsonpikes
And, these are the idiots we're counting on to educate our children.
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:58:41 PM PDT
by
vetsvette
(Bring Him Back)
To: headsonpikes
Now she gets to answer "yes" to the question "Have you ever been arrested for a felony?" on employment and school applications for the rest of her life.
Nice going, system.
To: headsonpikes
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:59:00 PM PDT
by
Moral Hazard
("Now therefore kill every male among the little ones" - Numbers 31:17)
To: bikepacker67
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posted on
10/26/2005 1:59:01 PM PDT
by
Crim
(I may be a Mr "know it all"....but I'm also a Mr "forgot most of it"...)
To: thoughtomator
Public school madness. Thank God for the Catholic school system. Another tax my generation must bear for the failure of liberalism.
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:00:08 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Nothing fills the void of a passing hurricane better than government)
To: headsonpikes
When butter knives are banned, only chefs will have butter knives.
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:00:32 PM PDT
by
sine_nomine
(CBS' Mary Mapes: "It dawned on me that I was present at the birth of a political jihad.")
To: headsonpikes
I used to go nuts making sure my youngest kids had nothing in their backpacks that could be construed as weapons, or controlled substances. Cough drops can fall under that category, if the teacher has his/her head far enough up their ass.
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:01:10 PM PDT
by
TheSpottedOwl
("President Bush, start building that wall"!)
To: headsonpikes
" charged with the possession of a weapon on school property,"
I have a folder I keep in my car's change tray between the seats and drive through the my son's school campus every morning and eve.
I guess they could nail me if the wanted to?
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:01:12 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(""As far as I can tell, she (Miers) is every bit as conservative as George Bush." --NCsteve (FR))
To: headsonpikes
The administration of this school should be cuffed and taken to jail for sheer stupidity. I know, there's probably some law or reg that says they MUST report butter knives.
The police are idiots too. How is an 11 year old girl going to be a treat to them.
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:01:47 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(All illegals out now!)
To: thoughtomator
No, she'll get deferred adjudication, complete it, and have the charge expunged. Then she'll grow up and go to law school to change the VERY broken system.
/john
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:02:07 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(D@mit! I'm just a cook. Don't make me come over there and prove it!)
To: headsonpikes
If one of these people ever put my 10 year old in handcuffs for a butterknife, I would be the one with a felony on his record because I would not be able to control myself when I saw the school officials or the arresting police officer.
To: headsonpikes; All
I'll bet the school has baseball bats for gym class. More baseball bats have been used as weapons than butter knives!
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:02:49 PM PDT
by
proudofthesouth
(Boycotting movies since 1988)
To: TheSpottedOwl
Tylenol or throat drops require an doctor's prescription AND a faxed form letter detailing how/when it is to be administered.
I just give my son the tylenol and tell him to not to let anyone see him take it and if the drug dogs come to school to swollow it immediately.
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:03:18 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(""As far as I can tell, she (Miers) is every bit as conservative as George Bush." --NCsteve (FR))
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:03:29 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(""As far as I can tell, she (Miers) is every bit as conservative as George Bush." --NCsteve (FR))
To: headsonpikes
"The mother of the 11-year-old girl said her daughter had been suspended twice already this fall for fighting - each time for three days - but this time, she said, is 'a joke to me.'"
As ridiculous as this whole thing sounds, methinks there's a little more to this story....
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:03:50 PM PDT
by
paddles
To: headsonpikes
We had a 6th grade girl suspended yesterday at the school that I work at. She had a paring knife. She said she was being stalked by two men in a van. Police are investigating. It is possible that she did feel threatened. The devil is in the details...
Mike
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posted on
10/26/2005 2:04:07 PM PDT
by
MichaelP
(To win, one must risk loss.......)
To: headsonpikes
Been there, done that. Our kid took one in his lunch pail when he was 12; got in big trouble. When he was even younger he was selling half his candy bar to another kid for 25 cents and got sent to the principal on drug charges. I'm not entirely unsympathetic to the teacher's situation. Trading candy and drugs could look a lot alike. Butter knives? I don't know, guess I'd have to walk in their shoes to fully understand.
To: headsonpikes
It's a little known fact that your basic butter knife...is often the trained assassin's assault cutlery of choice...
-Cliff
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