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2020-10-27 -Land of the Free
Case Dropped After 4th Grader Faced Criminal Charges For BB Gun In Room During Online Learning
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Posted by 746 2020-10-27 12:08|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Murrill said both incidents exemplified government overreach.

I call it school stupid groupthink.
Posted by gorb 2020-10-27 14:19||   2020-10-27 14:19|| Front Page Top

#2 People who get caught up in zero-tolerance fanaticism lose all perspective. Eventually they lose all credibility too.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-10-27 14:28||   2020-10-27 14:28|| Front Page Top

#3 There might be a case pending in Baltimore as well, if I recall correctly.
Posted by Clem 2020-10-27 14:39||   2020-10-27 14:39|| Front Page Top

#4 All 4 local grandkids are getting BB guns for Xmas.

They all live in MA so the guns will be staying at our log cabin in NH.

People that would have a fit like this should be smeared with honey and staked on an ant hill.
Posted by AlanC 2020-10-27 15:28||   2020-10-27 15:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Several more similar cases in the school district (and also other districts.) Their understanding is that during remote learning the home is part of the school and subject to the school zero-tolerance rules. The student may avoid criminal prosecution but school disciplinary action is still pending, as far as I know.
Posted by Glenmore 2020-10-27 15:49||   2020-10-27 15:49|| Front Page Top

#6 How things have changed in three generations. Back in the 30s, my dad and his buddy used to take their hunting rifles to school, keep them in their lockers for the day, and go hunting on the way home.
A friend of mine said that in the 60s, he took a 1911 pistol to school. He exchanged it for another, from one of his teachers.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2020-10-27 16:04||   2020-10-27 16:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Their understanding is that during remote learning the home is part of the school...

They're full of shit.


Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-10-27 16:10||   2020-10-27 16:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Come on people, be fair - do you expect a teacher to be able to distinguish between a BB and a dangerous assault weapon?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-27 16:21||   2020-10-27 16:21|| Front Page Top

#9 ...well no more than a keen eyed 'journalist' can discern the difference between a tank, armored personnel carrier, armored car, or self propelled artillery.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-10-27 18:36||   2020-10-27 18:36|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't care if the kid has an ack-ack battery. If it is not illegal and he is AT HOME, then these Marxist teachers and school administrators can go perform unnatural acts on themselves.
Posted by Clem 2020-10-27 18:42||   2020-10-27 18:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Reasonable-minded good people on the “Left” and the “Right” share the same common enemy:

dark elitist platonic would-be philosopher kings with voracious avarice in their cold hearts, and lacking in any basic human empathy or even shreds of decency.

All they want is power . . . exactly what we must never let them have.
Posted by cingold 2020-10-27 18:46||   2020-10-27 18:46|| Front Page Top

#12 The family should sue the teacher, school board, and police that took this serious. This is a crime, the teacher and police violated their civil rights and should pay.
Posted by 49 Pan 2020-10-27 19:04||   2020-10-27 19:04|| Front Page Top

#13 The perps all probably have qualified immunity from any damages.

However, a case establishing that this is a violation of civil rights could pave the way for other victims to recover damages. Also, an injunction barring any future violations might be comforting.
Posted by cingold 2020-10-27 19:37||   2020-10-27 19:37|| Front Page Top

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