[r9etb]

Forget about the guy being a cop (he was on his break and was not trying to arrest anybody).

I can't forget about it. If a guy in civvies pounds on the door at 0130, no janitor is going to let him in. And if a guy in civvies walks into the building at 0130 -- even if he "finds" the janitor, the janitor is going to call the cops.

The fact that this guy was a cop, in uniform, is the only reason he got inside the room to take his pictures.

The facts of Treece's art projects are immaterial to this: Mott was wrong -- not to mention stupid -- to do what he did.

[MineralMan]

"The facts of Treece's art projects are immaterial to this: "

We're on the same side, here, but it's very important to keep in mind that these were _student_ art projects, not the teacher's.

I'll bet there were projects in there that were pro-Bush, as well, given that students tend to run the gamut of political opinions.

[fml]

Your wrong - the guys knew eachother!!

[ValerieUSA]

If a guy in civvies pounds on the door at 0130, no janitor is going to let him in. And if a guy in civvies walks into the building at 0130 -- even if he "finds" the janitor, the janitor is going to call the cops.

WRONG! If teacher Treece had showed up in civvies, the janitor would have let him in. Had Treece decided that the evidence of his unprofessional influence in his classroom may lead to his firing, he could have shown up in the middle of the night, walked into his room to remove the projects from display and not even bothered the custodian.