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The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

And the teacher's a jerk, and the custodian is a walking cliche.

[anniegetyourgun]

Yeah, I don't know why he didn't just tell some of the parents about what he'd heard was going on. But I'm guessing that the parents who send their kids to this school don't care anyway.

[mewzilla]

A school is a public building. I don't have a problem with a cop going in to get the pics. My problem is why couldn't he have gone in during the day? Was he barred from doing that? If not, that's whaty he should have done, then the controversy would ahve been soley about the teacher. Or if the cops had been barred, why a public biulding isn't open to the public.

[r9etb]

The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

And the teacher's a jerk, and the custodian is a walking cliche.

You're right on all counts.

If the cop really wanted pictures of this stuff, he could have asked nicely at the front desk, during normal business hours.

As a taxpayer, he has that right.

Of course, it's entirely possible that the school administrators -- who clearly are protecting Treece -- wouldn't have let him in.

Mott may have anticipated such a response, and decided to do something stupid -- which he did.

[grapeape]

Oh my god what are you people talking about?!?!? This is a police officer. This is a public building! He can go anywhere in the public domain. That is his job.

You know as well as I that these socialist were trying to keep this under wraps. They are angry that they have been exposed for the idiot social programmers that they are. We may not be at war here but they are!!!

[Joe Hadenuf]

The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

That's the same thing the leftist socialist screw worms in Vermont will say. Next you'll here the cop is suspended without pay until he is investigated....

[ValerieUSA]

The cop did not step over the line. He is a citizen and a taxpayer, too. Nothing in that classroom should have been kept secret from anyone. He didn't do anything wrong.
The teacher did cross the line.

[hellinahandcart]

and the custodian is a walking cliche.

;D

[Blood of Tyrants]

He had as much right as anybody. Perhaps his uniform allowed him to gain access that you or I wouldn't be able to get but since he wasn't on official business and it was public property, I see no problem. He was acting as a concerned citizen.

[hedgetrimmer]

Parents have the right to inspect classrooms. If this parent tried to do it during school hours it would have disrupted, and that wouldn't be right.

If the school knows you're coming they take the offensive stuff down so you don't see it, then it goes right back up. If schools were honest about what they were teaching and they didn't hire communists(against the law in California, but the schools do it anyway), there would be no problem. As it is, the schools trounce the parents all the time and parents may stoop to desperate measures because they have no choice.

[longtermmemmory]

actually schools are quite often unlocked. legally the officer was allowed in by the janitor. The officer did not take any pictures of any item which was confidential. Many schools btw have specific agreements with police to allow them on the grounds. You don't even need a warrant for a student's locker.

Anybody else could have done the exact same thing. I wonder how the board found out about the pictures if no one has seen them? Why the panic? why not show the items the officer took the pictures of? Are parents going to be allowed into the classroom to see the pictures?

[af_vet_rr]

The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

And the teacher's a jerk, and the custodian is a walking cliche.

My thoughts exactly - I find the cop's actions to be much worse than a teacher who can't keep their politics out of the classroom. He should be prosecuted, the teacher and janitor perhaps fired.

[FreedomCalls]

Rosa Parks violated the law too when she sat in the front of that bus in Montgomery in 1955.

The students from Lane College broke the law when they sat at the lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro in 1960.

Sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire."

[Always Right]

The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

Then again it is a public school and people have an absolute right to know what is going on. Parents should have the right to sit in the classroom if they so desire. Teachers are employed by the people, not dictators.

[#3Fan]

The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

I used to be in the school after hours. It's a public building.

[timestax]

The cop stepped over the line here. If he wasn't on official business, he has no more of a right to be in that building at 1:30 in the morning than anybody else.

Sounds like NO laws were broken, and no rules either, as he was on one of his breaks . He used his own camera, the janitor let him in, so what?! He should be given an award for tipping off the town of the commie, liberal "teacher"!