ABC News: Girl, 10, Cuffed for Scissors in School

"A 10-year-old girl was placed in handcuffs and taken to a police station because she took a pair of scissors to her elementary school.

School district officials said the fourth-grade student did not threaten anyone with the 8-inch shears, but violated a rule that considers scissors to be potential weapons.

Administrators said they were following state law when they called police Thursday, and police said they were following department rules when they handcuffed Porsche Brown and took her away in a patrol wagon. [. . .] new policies give administrators the power to expel students for infractions as minor as violating the dress code, chronic tardiness or habitual swearing."

Sigh...so much for the land of the free, liberty, and justice for all.
posted by Idle Crank at 12/12/2004 03:56:00 PM