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Firstly, this is the lunacy that "progressive" zero-tolerance policies has caused. We suspend/expel kids for pink Hello Kitty bubble guns, plastic knives used to spread cream cheese on bagels, and pointing at a fellow student in the wrong way. Why SHOULDN'T this kid's "device" garner negative attention?
ReplyDeleteSecond, had this kid's skin been white and his name been "John Smith," this story would more than likely never been covered by the media.
What a bunch of Neanderthals at the school. No Muslim has ever brought a case containing electronic equipment into a building with a nefarious purpose. School administrators should be expertly trained at identifying what is and isn't an expl0sive device. Maybe if they stopped putting all those condoms on bananas.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, look at that face. I mean if he doesn't look like an innocent goofy kid, I don't know who does. Looks like he might be a little brain in the making too. Add that to the way many schools are over reacting in their "no tolerance" policies regarding politically correct topics these days and no wonder half of America is on this bandwagon. A kid can't even take a plastic one inch army man toy to school without being arrested.
ReplyDeleteIf the kid was being evasive when being questioned by the police and school authorities, ( I understand this was a big factor why he was taken into custody) his parents should have been immediately called in. They may have been able to enlighten the school and police on what is going on with the boy. Many a young kid his age are intimidated by school authorities, not to mention the police. He must have known he was in trouble for something, he didn't understand why, and I am sure that contributed to his lack of communication to authorities. I mean, if you knew that if you said the wrong thing you might go to jail, would you speak freely? I think his natural instinct to keep quiet took over, rightly so too. What do you lawyers tell us to do when we might be in trouble and are being questioned by the police? To shut our mouths, right?
Besides if this was truly a bomb scare, why weren't the experts called out, the bomb squad unit? Apparently this "bomb" was handled by the teacher, school authorities, responding officers who transported it to the station, and who knows else. I do not think it was taken as a real threat, and they were looking at his intentions more than anything. And to really know his intentions, that would have fallen on the teacher to question him in a non-threatening way at the very beginning, I don't think that was done. As soon as he felt he was in trouble, he became very cautious. That is why I would have brought in his parents and try to get a little background on the kid if I could not get him to open up, maybe a visit to his home even. I just think this thing was handled all wrong from the very beginning.
A former LAPD school car officer.