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Knife At Lunch Gets 10-Year-Old Girl Arrested At School
WFTV.COM ^ | 12/14/07 | WFTV.COM

Posted on 12/17/2007 12:36:23 PM PST by DFG

OCALA, Fla. -- A 10-year old Ocala girl brought her lunch to school and a small kitchen knife to cut it. She now faces a felony charge after being arrested. The school and the sheriff's office disagree on the reason for the arrest.

School officials say the 5th grader was brown-bagging it. She brought a piece of steak for her lunch, but she also brought a steak knife. That's when deputies were called.

It happened in the cafeteria at Sunrise Elementary School. The 10-year-old used the knife to cut the meat.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: discipline; florida; pc; threadnumber3; zerotolerance
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To: DFG

The Orlando Sentinel version of this story says that the girl cried when she was arrested. I think she’s been scarred for life by the system. Time to abolish the system.


21 posted on 12/17/2007 12:45:01 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: DFG

Since when did we as a nation become afraid of 10 year-olds with cutlrey?


22 posted on 12/17/2007 12:45:22 PM PST by benjamin032
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To: DFG
Old Klingon proverb: A running 10 year old girl with a knife can slit a thousand throats in day
23 posted on 12/17/2007 12:45:50 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: George from New England
...what happened to unjust laws and the duty of LEO to use their brain?

Ask for a trial by jury. They'll teach those LEO's and LE (liberal educators) some lessons.

24 posted on 12/17/2007 12:45:57 PM PST by Loud Mime (Hell on Earth: Clinton here, Putin there)
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To: theDentist
Thus what happens when Teachers are not allowed to use common sense.

They can't "use common sense" - if they make ANY judgement outside of the strict zero-tolerance policy, they will not be backed up by the school and will be personally liable for any consequences that occur due to their "common sense" judgement.

I'm not saying it's smart, or right, I'm just saying that's how it is. Once again, blame lawyers.

25 posted on 12/17/2007 12:45:58 PM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: DFG

Gov. Crist would be smart to pardon her and get it over.


26 posted on 12/17/2007 12:46:27 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Squawk 8888

A good way to get ANY stupid law/rule revoked is to make it apply to those who make the rules.

However, for the most part, they insulate themselves from this.


27 posted on 12/17/2007 12:47:02 PM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: DFG
Are we raising uncivilized cretins? What's wrong with packing in the full array of accoutrements for a formal setting?

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28 posted on 12/17/2007 12:47:26 PM PST by Sax
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To: DFG

If the knife had a serrated blade and a black handle it was an “Assault knife”.


29 posted on 12/17/2007 12:48:23 PM PST by CrappieLuck
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To: theDentist
The teachers are sufficiently indoctrinated to the point of having no common sense. The article:

"She did not use it inappropriately. She did not threaten anyone with it. She didn't pull it out and brandish it. Nothing of that nature," explained Marion County School Spokesman Kevin Christian.

But a couple of teachers took the utensil and called the sheriff. When deputies arrived, they were unable to get the child's parents on the phone, so they arrested her and took her to the county's juvenile assessment center.

30 posted on 12/17/2007 12:48:46 PM PST by subterfuge (HILLARY IS: She who must NOT be Dismayed)
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To: DFG

The school district needs to write a quick check. If it’s too small, the sheriff should dig into his wallet.


31 posted on 12/17/2007 12:48:51 PM PST by PAR35
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To: DFG

Another example of socialists run amok. Why everyone in this country doesn’t homeschool or send their kids to parochial/private schools, I’ll never know! Why put your children into the clutches of the proto-communist NEA?


32 posted on 12/17/2007 12:49:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Your "dirt" on Fred is about as persuasive as a Nancy Pelosi Veteran's Day Speech)
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To: DFG
Boy have things gone crazy. When I was in High School in the late 1970’s it wasn’t unusual to see in the student parking lot pick-up trucks with hunting rifles ready for the weekend hunting trip, or to shooting practice with the Schools gun club, which we had. We never thought twice about it.
33 posted on 12/17/2007 12:49:05 PM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: DFG
The school and the sheriff's office disagree on the reason for the arrest.

Two government entities fighting over which can overreact more to a non-event.

34 posted on 12/17/2007 12:49:39 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: All

I have mixed feelings on this.

On the one hand a little common-sense from school officials (and police) should be excersized. what in the heck do they want her to use, a plastic knife?

On the other hand, a steak knife is not a butter knife and could easily inflict serious damage if used as a weapon.

If the girl’s parents knew she was taking a steak knife to school, they should have known better given the times in which we live. How ‘bout cutting up the steak before leaving for school?


35 posted on 12/17/2007 12:49:50 PM PST by jeffj
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To: CrappieLuck

Did it have a bayonet lug, or would that be redundant on a knife?

Detachable serations?


36 posted on 12/17/2007 12:50:02 PM PST by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Sax

“Would ya’ please pass the jelly?”


37 posted on 12/17/2007 12:50:08 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: DFG

Get old sparky warmed up.


38 posted on 12/17/2007 12:50:36 PM PST by boomop1
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
"How many knives do you have in your school?"

When I went to high school (70's) I probably carried my small swiss army knife in my pocket about 60% of the time. It was a "mini" with only two blades that was very handy. If I saw a teacher trying to cut something I wouldn't have thought twice about offering the pocketknife to them and the teacher wouldn't have thought twice about accepting it to do the job. It was as natural as a wallet, chewing gum, spare change or any other thing people carry around in their pockets. Now you get ARRESTED for it?

39 posted on 12/17/2007 12:53:32 PM PST by joebuck
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To: MrB

Perhaps a bright orange tip could have avoided such confusion and panic


40 posted on 12/17/2007 12:53:43 PM PST by CrappieLuck
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