Posted on 06/14/2020 9:55:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
Courtney Lancaster, a mother and Navy Veteran, expressed her outrage after police pulled up to her door and asked to search her home for weapons. According to the police, the school safety officer at Lancaster’s 11-year-old son’s school, Seneca Elementary, called law enforcement after spotting a BB gun in the background of a virtual class meeting.
“I had no idea what to think. I’ve never been in any legal trouble whatsoever. I’ve never had any negative encounter with law enforcement,” she told Fox 45 News. “I had no idea. I really didn’t know what to think.”
Although officers searched her 5th grader’s room and found nothing that compromised the son’s safety or that needed to be reported, Lancaster claims that she was shocked.
“I felt violated as a parent, for my child, who’s standing there with police officers in his room, just to see the fear on his face,” she said.
Part of Lancaster’s frustrations with the situation were because of her and her son’s experience with guns. According to Fox 45 News, not only did Lancaster serve in the military and handle weapons, but her son learned how to shoot BB and airsoft on his journey to becoming an Eagle Scout.
“I thought, this is outrageous. This is despicable,” she told Fox. “I had no idea what in the world could this be over? BB guns never even once entered my mind. How many 11-year-old boys have BB guns?”
When she first reached out to the school via email, Lancaster expressed her concerns that she was not contacted first to ask questions before calling law enforcement. Seneca Falls Elementary administrators then told her that the school made the decision to call, fearing for her son’s safety after a screenshot of the BB gun circulated to the staff.
“It’s absolutely scary to think about,” Courtney said. “Who are on these calls? Who do we have viewing your children and subsequently taking these screenshots that can be sent anywhere or used for any purpose?”
Lancaster also told Fox 45 News that in her first conversation with the principal, the school administrator claimed that the BB gun in the background was equivalent to bringing a gun to school.
Not only is Lancaster unsure of the school’s policies on these issues moving forward, but Lancaster also said that she’s losing her faith in the school district to keep her privacy.
“There’s no more trust. There have just been a series of lies and just no cooperation,” she said.
In a statement requested by Project Baltimore, Baltimore County Schools claimed that their priority is always students and staff, but refused to elaborate on the situation.
“Our longstanding policy is to not debate individual circumstances through the media. There are multiple ways for families to share concerns with us. In general terms, the safety of students and staff is our chief concern, whether we are meeting in classrooms or via continuity of learning.”
At the very least it would be false-reporting. I’d tell that principal straight-up to NOT let me know who did that and I’d give them a ton of crap every time I talked to them for any reason.
I’m pretty sure the mother was stupid enough to acquiesce and invite the officer to inspect her home.
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Tucker said the number was 9, and of those 9, all but 2 were justifiable, and the two that weren’t saw convictions of the police folks involved-
Where’s all this supposed ‘systemic deadly racism in the police force’? The only ones that face a high risk are the police- 54 of whom were killed in 2019
Democrats lie because the press whores for them...
Blacks slaughter each other and it's 'gun violence'. A cop kills a black person and it's 'murder'..
Karinism was born in our centralized education system.
I retaliate.
I’d be tempted to call child protective services and say she tried to molest my little boy. Then, I’d call the newspaper and say my son had told me she’d molested him.
Get the police at her door.
If I really wanted to be mean, I’d tell the teachers union she was a Trump supporter
Turn about is fair play
As a kid I had bb guns and cap “guns.” Plus I made “guns” out of random pieces of wood. Also made foul smelling things with my chemistry set. In today’s insane world, I would be branded a criminal.
The essence of a boy/man is to use potentially dangerous things without getting hurt. Getting hurt is stupid.
My wife learned to shoot in her public High School PE class. All students were taught how to shoot a handgun and a rifle by active duty military personnel. The class would go to the firing range.
My wife is from Taiwan.
it'll be interesting to see if any of these pics come out in porn videos....
but the reverse apparently isn't true....just call the cops on some kid without any conversation.
In this age of posting photos on social media, it’s not wise to put controversial pics in the background on those sites. That’s why I cancelled Facebook, beside being full of nonsense. It’s too easy to forget what you may have around you for the “nannyies” to complain about or report.
Best not do a Telemed call where doctor can see a gun, they will dump you as patient, then snitch you have them.
“Smile. Be polite. But if they don’t have a warrant, just say no.”
exactly ...
BTW I think I got a B+
If the family was black, nothing would have happened.
Next time just say no.
To public education!
Nobody’s going to file charges on the teacher. And the parent who lets her child remain in that school has already lost her grounds if she lets that child continue in that school. Which we may be certain she did.
Agreed.
Not the way that I would have handled it, for certain.
Only I didn’t say fudge!
the BB gun in the background was equivalent to bringing a gun to school.
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What if he had the dictionary open, to the word GUN?
SWAT would have been doing a no-knock!
Stupid-ass lady STILL thinks that public schools answer to parents, when they have for DECADES, thanks to them not needing to obtain their financing from parents.
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