11 year old suspended for turning in toy gun ...

[clublights]

DAH FUQ?

http://www.independentsentinel.com/1...weapon-policy/


Forget the whole suspension for the toy gun part ...


They are REGULARLY patting down 11 year olds at school???

WHAT THE FUCK ?

There were 421 killings in Chicago in 2013. You can click this link to see the actual people killed and it’s horrific when you actually see the faces of these murdered souls. It’s a war zone and it’s getting worse. While this horror is taking place in the Windy City, school officials really aren’t getting their priorities straight.
An 11-year old in 6th grade boy at the Fredrick Funston Elementary School, Caden Cook, was suspended from school for voluntarily turning in a non-firing plastic toy gun he had mistakenly left in his jacket pocket from the night before. He was waiting to be patted down, which is the normal state of affairs in this school, when he remembered the toy gun, but turning it in wasn’t sufficient.
His crime you ask? He violated the school’s weapons policy against dangerous objects. The school might not feel they have much latitude on this issue. The Chicago Public Schools defines the “dangerous objects” policy. The object Caden Cook had is ludicrously considered a “firearm.”
He has been ordered to undergo counseling and, according to The Rutherford Institute which has taken his case, he has also been subjected to intimidation tactics, interrogation, and dire threats by school officials—all without his mother being present.
He’s 11!!! And he’s being made to feel like a criminal. God only knows what damage that could do to this little boy.
The Rutherford Institute has put out a statement of support for the student and demanding that the school reverse its abusive treatment of the child.

“This case speaks volumes about what’s wrong with our public schools and public officials: rather than school officials showing they are capable of exercising good judgment, distinguishing between what is and is not a true threat, and preserving safety while steering clear of a lockdown mindset better suited to a prison environment, they instead opted to exhibit poor judgment, embrace heavy handed tactics, and treat a toy gun like a dangerous weapon,” said John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute and author of A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State. “In the process, school officials sent a strong, chilling message to this child and his classmates that they have no rights in the American police state.”

Zero tolerance policies are insane and damaging to young children. Funston’s motto is Where We Focus on Children and children are their number one priority. They seem to be missing the mark on this issue. Wanting to protect children can’t involve setting up a police state.

[Bailey Guns]

This is a perfect illustration of why I'm totally against more funding for public schools. They can't get their shit together. You'd think highly educated people that hold administrative policy-making positions within a school system could come up with something besides "zero tolerance" and "it's for the children".

It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for any increase in public school funding. Liberals have fucked this up just like they've fucked up everything else they're involved in.

[buffalobo]

"More funding"? Should be "any funding"



Lobbed from my electronic ball and chain

[BPTactical]

You think that kid will ever put any trust in an "authority figure" again?
The knuckleheads just created a bigger problem than they solved.
Idiots.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

This is a perfect illustration of why I'm totally against more funding for public schools. They can't get their shit together.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for any increase in public school funding. Liberals have fucked this up just like they've fucked up everything else they're involved in.

This in spades.

[Inconel710]

This is Chicago - the same bunch of rocket scientists that got all flustered over the picture of a gun in the "No Guns" sign! Petty tyrants getting $144k a year to do this.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Rights are over rated anyways.

[james_bond_007]

And in another state, Dwayne Ferguson (Click for link), who had an ACTUAL firearm on his person while at a school AND was instrumental in getting the laws changed to upgrade the charge for such an offense from MISDEMEANOR to FELONY, is pleading:
PLEAD: Not Guilty
DEFENSE: "Duh, I forgot I had a real loaded gun on me."

So...if THIS guy gets off, and the 11-year old, who seemed to have enough sense to say "I forgot I had a toy [that appears like something that is prohibited]. Here it is, let me give it to you so there is no mistake about my intent." , is run through the coals, then we've got BIGGER issues to deal with.

[Ronin13]

This is a perfect illustration of why I'm totally against more funding for public schools. They can't get their shit together. You'd think highly educated people that hold administrative policy-making positions within a school system could come up with something besides "zero tolerance" and "it's for the children".

It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for any increase in public school funding. Liberals have fucked this up just like they've fucked up everything else they're involved in.

Well as you know, highly educated does not mean "smart." Zero Tolerance is the worst possible policy ever created when it comes to schools.

[clublights]

Like I said before .. forget the whole retatdedness for the zero tolerance suspension over a toy....

They re regularly patting down 11 yr olds at school who have done nothing wrong but go to school ... that doesn't bother anyone ?