[Sopater]

The parents were very careful no alcohol, drugs, etc and watched as the friends arrived.

Turns out daughter had let more kids in the basement door who had drugs and booze

Turns out they weren't being careful and the cops were right. Good job to the cops.

[skyman]

Sheesh. These parents were middle class, older parents, no criminal record whatsoever and you think what is happening is great. It must be nice to be perfect.

[Norman Bates]

That’s absurd.

[GladesGuru]

Respectfully, I must disagree. The parents did try to retain control of the situation. Your post seems to be based on a lack of familiarity with ‘mens rea’. Given the parental efort, they demonstrated an intent to comply with the law.

That some kids managed to smuggle in drugs and booze is meaningless, given the well known fact that even prisons have a problem with contraband.

Have you considered that perhaps government should not be given such broad powers that parents trying to exercise control can be billed $100,000 in legal fees because they were no more successful in spotting contraband than prison officials?

Could you perhaps be an attorney? Otherwise I must ask why you so readliy accept the $100,000 ‘fee’ as being acceptable?

Just wondering.