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To: circlecity
Because the student has a right (and legal expectation) to be in the building. A room with a sign that says "Teachers Only," or "Authorized Personnel Only," or "Chess Club Only" are only school rules, not criminal law passed by representatives of the people.

You can’t arrest a child for not obeying a teacher. And a police officer should not be wasting his time enforcing a teacher's classroom rule, turning it into criminally disobeying him. Unless he's enforcing a duly passes law, it's called abuse of authority under color of law.

-PJ

158 posted on 10/28/2015 2:19:54 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
"Because the student has a right (and legal expectation) to be in the building"

Only under the terms and direction of those supervising the building. Let them try breaking in on a Sunday and see what kind of "right to be in the building"there is. Remaining in a place they have been told not to be is trespass if they refuse. Under your scenario the pupil could refuse to leave and stay there all weekend and there would be nothing anyone could do about it. In fact you are saying a student can do whatever they want and nobody can do anything about it. And again,refusing to obey a teacher, principal and then a police officer when told to leave would constitute disorderly conduct and or trespass. period.

Criminal trespass is defined as "a person who knowingly or intentionally refuses to leave the real property of another person after having been asked to leave by the other person or that person's agent" That's exactly what the kid.

161 posted on 10/28/2015 3:17:42 PM PDT by circlecity
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