Girl arrested for butter knife in backpack

St. Petersburg Times ^ | Oct.26, 2005 | Michael Cruse

[GBA]

They handcuffed an 11 yo girl and took her to jail for a butter knife!!! In what world does that makes sense. Wouldn't a newly sharpened pencil be more dangerous?

[TheDon]

Sending children to government schools is child abuse.

[Fido969]

It was for her own good. That butter she might have spread with that knife may have given her high cholesterol, which might have led to a heart attack.

I have to go along with the school on this one.

[Spok]

This is the classic liberal's (not that all teachers are liberals) answer to a problem. When the psycho kid with the Uzi, flame thrower and incendiary bombs goes unnoticed and berserk, they can say "But we tried. We got the kid with the butterknife. It's the NRA's fault anyway."

[Rebelbase]

This is a folder:

[GrandEagle]

As ridiculous as this whole thing sounds, methinks there's a little more to this story....
Could be, but a few years ago my daughter (6 years old) was being bullied by a boy in her class. Nobody would do anything about it and I got tired of seeing her come home with bruises so I taught her how, where, and most importantly, when to clean his clock. She strolled up to him while he was showing off for his friends, (three other boys), caught him under his jaw with a punch. Nearly knocked him out, but more importantly, embarrassed him beyond comprehension because he got his butt kicked by a girl right in front of his friends.
I had warned her that there might be consequences at school and we would just have to deal with them, but that if she didn't start it, she was not in trouble with me at home. Sure enough I was called into the principals office. After they explained to me that she was going to be suspended for three days, I let them have it for not taking care of the original problem that had been going on for the last two years, and reminded them of the many, many complaints I had come to them with about her being bullied and bruised.
They were pretty upset with me when they found out that I had taught her how to defend herself and that instead of trouble, I would take off work and she and I would enjoy a vacation. I finally found someone with some sense and we resolved the issue without her missing school. They essentially just let the whole thing go.
There is always more to the story and frequently you could never guess what the rest of the story is.

GE

[GrandEagle]

Sending children to government schools is child abuse.
AMEN!

[Sergio]

Zero tolerance basically takes 9 year olds and holds them as accountable as 19 year olds. Zero tolerance does not think or use common sense. It is a knee-jerk policy based on strict definitions and legalism rather than reality. In all, it stinks.

And yet these same people, when confronted with a 19 year old who has committed a truly heinous, violent crime, want us to have the same sympathy for the criminal as we would for a 9 year old.

The lunatics are running the asylum.

Best regards

Sergio

[paul51]

The girl, she said, was watching cartoons on Nickelodeon

Time better spent than at that school

[ctdonath2]

The rather effective Kubatan system is based on a pen.

[ctdonath2]

Read the Appendix to Orwell's "1984". Incredibly relevant and under-discussed treatise on language manipulation.

[Clock King]

Are police just f***ing stupid nowdays? I mean it! I'm sick of this non-thinking thuggery.

[samm1148]

"This is ridiculous!
What if she had a pair of scissors?"

As long as she wasn't running with them in hand!

[TalBlack]

"This is ridiculous!"

It's more than ridiculous it's dangerous. It's an indication that 1. We as a nation don't know right from wrong and that 2. We don't WANT to SAY what is right or wrong.

[henderson field]

The Police State is right around the corner and coming fast.

PS: Zero Tolerance is a Hitler policy.

[SF Republican]

Yep, thats a weapon.

[SE Mom]

The mind boggles.

[KarlInOhio]

If the cops had any sense they would tell the principal "It's not a weapon. It's a butter knife." Then arrest the principal for making a false police report and perp walk him back to the police station.

[Labyrinthos]

Good thing my kids don't go to public school. They both have second degree black belts in karate and under the law, their hands and feet are dangerous weapons.