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I would demand every auto in the parking lot be searched...when they found each car had a tire iron or a baseball bat, I would want the owner of each car suspended for having a weapon
He was ratted out. Endorsed by the Obama administration.
Zero Tolerence=Zero Common Sense
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Matthew says school officials approached him on Sept. 21, asking if he had a weapon on him. When Matthew answered he did not, he says the officials asked if he had a knife in his car. Matthew said it was a pocket knife, and took officials to his car when asked. He also turned over the pocket knife when asked.
"Our country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now. There won't be any America because some foreign soldiery will invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race."
Even though a pocket knife is not considered a weapon under New York State penal code, the district also prohibits students from possessing anything "that reasonably can be considered a weapon."
Matthew says school officials approached him on Sept. 21, asking if he had a weapon on him. When Matthew answered he did not, he says the officials asked if he had a knife in his car.
Rule #1: Do not consent to a search of your vehicle.
The school may or may not have had the right to search the car, however, he is in the situation now where his attorney will have to present an argument to convince the court it was not a consent search - and the court can sidestep the entire "right to search" issue by simply ruling he consented.
Rule #2: When asked to admit to violation of of a law or rule, don't.
But he *may* have had the basis for a legal case against the school for a search, depending on state law and precedent. There is no chance of any of that if the courts hold he consented. His attorney is already asserting that "feeling he did not have a choice" may be part of their case - if he made it clear he was refusing, they could bypass the step of spending billable hours trying to convince the court it was not a consent search.lSchool grounds. It would have been tough and he still would have gotten his suspension.
Yet another reason why my kids go to private schools.
Everytime I see a kid with a knife at school it reminds me of this Adam 12 episode.
At one time it was portrayed as no big deal for a kid (played by Butch Patrick of Munsters fame)to have a knife at school.
http://beta.video.msn.com/play/?pid=RoFvbzlA28POcLyF91JwoO9MSQixqhp0&v=hulu
How did the school officials know that he had a knife either on his person or in his car? He must have shown it to a classmate and the classmate ratted him out. Hopefully, he has now learned to keep his personal business to himself. Classmates and co-workers cannot be trusted.