The school crotch investigation

just imagining the whole scenario is scary, like some twisted PkD sci-fi novel where humans have no real feelings or something..... i.e. the way America actually is now
 
I'm hard pressed to find anything about this story that isn't utterly abhorrant. Another example of American public education going down the crapper, slowly becoming another branch of the prison-industrial complex, albeit with less funding.
 
dhcdavid said:
Not all the justices agreed. In his dissent, Justice Michael Daly Hawkins wrote: "We should resist using our independent judgment to determine what infractions are so harmful as to justify significantly intrusive searches. Seemingly innocuous items can, in the hands of creative adolescents, present serious threats. Admittedly, ibuprofen is one of the mildest drugs children could choose to abuse. But that does not mean it is never harmful."
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whaaaaaaa?!
 
What are the recreational effects of ibuprofen? imploded liver? lack of headaches? or is it the eroticism of the consequent cavity search?
 
Justice Michael Daly Hawkins, brainless tool.
He's probably a Southerner, who got cocky cuz they taught him long words in Chicago.....
 
ControlDenied said:
What are the recreational effects of ibuprofen? imploded liver? lack of headaches? or is it the eroticism of the consequent cavity search?
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Yep. It's clear that this all a setup for sanctioned cavity-gropes.

Moving to Conspiracy Theories >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
so will they start cavity-searching animals too? if a child brings in a turtle for show-and-tell how do they know he's not hiding meth in his rectum? they should also cavity search old people to see if they are hiding arthritis medicine.

seriously though. my brother's friend's gf was just telling us how she was strip searched coming direct from tokyo to toronto. she is a little plain looking japanese women who looks utterly harmless. this is a lot more common than some realise, jokes aside. i.e. yes, it is a fucking conspiracy perpetrated by the system.!!!
 
13-year-old's school strip-search case heads to Supreme Court

(CNN) -- The case of a 13-year-old Arizona girl strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain-reliever will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

The Supreme Court has a mixed record when it comes to students' rights.

The justices in January accepted the Safford school district case for review, and will decide whether a campus setting gives school administrators greater discretion to control students suspected of illegal activity than police are allowed in cases involving adults in general public spaces.

The case is centered around Savana Redding, now 19, who in 2003 was an eighth-grade honors student at Safford Middle School, about 127 miles from Tucson, Arizona. Redding was strip-searched by school officials after a fellow student accused her of providing prescription-strength ibuprofen pills.

The school has a zero-tolerance policy for all prescription and over-the-counter medication, including the ibuprofen, without prior written permission.

"In this case, the United States Supreme Court will decide how easy it is for school officials to strip search your child," Adam Wolf, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who is representing Redding, told CNN Radio on Sunday.

Wolf told CNN Radio his client was traumatized by the search.

"School officials undoubtedly have difficult jobs, but sometimes they overreact -- and this was just a clear overreaction," he said.

Redding was pulled from class by a male vice principal, escorted to an office, where she denied the accusations.

A search of Redding's backpack found nothing. Then, although she never had prior disciplinary problems, a strip search was conducted with the help of a school nurse and Wilson's assistant, both females. According to court records, she was ordered to strip to her underwear and her bra was pulled out. Again, no drugs were found.

In an affidavit, Redding said, "The strip search was the most humiliating experience I have ever had. I held my head down so that they could not see that I was about to cry."

At issue is whether school administrators are constitutionally barred from conducting searches of students investigated for possessing or dealing drugs that are banned on campus.

A federal appeals court found the search "traumatizing" and illegal.

Some parents say older children deserve the same constitutional rights as adults, but educators counter a school setting has always been treated differently by courts, and a ruling against them could jeopardize campus safety.

While a federal magistrate and a three-panel appeals court found the search was reasonable, the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Redding last year.

"Common sense informs us," wrote the court, "that directing a 13-year-old girl to remove her clothes, partially revealing her breasts and pelvic area, for allegedly possessing ibuprofen ... was excessively intrusive."

The court said the school went too far in its effort to create a drug- and crime-free classroom. "The overzealousness of school administrators in efforts to protect students has the tragic impact of traumatizing those they claim to serve. And all this to find prescription-strength ibuprofen."

In its appeal to the Supreme Court, the school district said restrictions on conducting student searches would cast a "roadblock to the kind of swift and effective response that is too often needed to protect the very safety of students, particularly from the threats posed by drugs and weapons."

School officials said the court was "wholly uninformed about a disturbing new trend" -- the abuse of over-the-counter medication by teenagers.

The high court has a mixed record over the years on students' rights.

In a famous 1969 ruling, the justices said students do not "shed their constitutional rights ... at the schoolhouse gate." But decisions in the 1980s gave administrators greater discretion, including one case that said officials need not be required to have a warrant to search a student's locker. Such a search was permitted if there were "reasonable" grounds for believing it would turn up evidence and when the search was not "excessively intrusive."

Opinions in 1995 and 2001 allowed schools to conduct random drug testing of high school athletes, and those participating in other extracurricular activities.

And in a well-publicized 2007 ruling from Alaska, the Supreme Court upheld the suspension of a student who displayed a large "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner at an off-campus, but school-sponsored, event. The decision did not endorse a broader argument that students in general have limited free-speech rights when they interfere with a school's vaguely defined "educational mission."

The court could now be asked to clarify the extent of student rights involving searches, and the discretion of officials regarding those they have responsibility over.

The case is Safford United School District No. 1 v. Redding (08-479).
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/19/scotus.strip.search/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
 
That is one of the most fucked things I have ever read! Ibuprofen, seriously ibuprofen, why would she conceal this in her crotch or bra? What kind of market is there for these pills? Are they really trying to say theres a bunch of preteens hanging back in the locker bays selling fixes of benign, non recreational pain killers?
Fuck those sick bastards, I think at the least they should be banned from ever having employment invloving dealing with children on any level beyond serving them at the supermarket, plus a hefty amount paid to the poor girl in damages. More appropriately they should also have a criminal conviction for this outrageous conduct.
 
This is some of the most fucked up acts of drug control ive ever seen. Seriously a source for ibuprofen and naproxen. My source is the grocery store or my medicine cabinet. Seriously though this is ridiculous.
 
this is crazy.....

They searched a 13 year old for Ibuprofen??? Geez. :X

The drug war HAS to end if we are going to retain any CIVIL LIBERTIES.
 
Little did they know that little Savana actually had 3 ounces of China White neatly packaged in her rectum...

It is crazy, I got searched for cocaine once by the asst. principal, but he didn't even touch me, had me turn out the pockets, remove the shoes, run my fingers underneath my waistband...smart guy. Fortunately for yours truly I had finished the coke in class the day prior, another student's observation of which prompted my visit to the office that day.

The one judge does kinda have a point about teenagers abusing non-recreational drugs for recreational purposes. The kidiots at my old high school would have you think that ibuprofen really WOULD get you high if you ate a good handful, so that guy isn't entirely wrong there.

But, yeah, we're as free as they allow us to be.
 
The fucked up thing is that kids live in an environment of fear at school; they can't trust their teachers. How can you learn from someone that you don't even trust??

This kind of shit is ridiculous, and is just more evidence that most Americans are petty people who like playing power games -- even with young children. This is absolutely repugnant, and those people should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
 
'medicine cabinet' said:
^yea thats a good way to out it. now you cant have OTC medicine in school? sounds like paranoia is really hitting the school system hard these days....no otc meds, teachers want to start carrying guns, strip searches and locker searches, mandatory drug testing....crazy.
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It is called indoctrination, kids grow up in an environment of totalitarianism, they are less likely to resit it when they are adults.

Plus drugs are illegal, if you have nothing to hide then you should not be afraid and obey big brother. ;)
 
School officials said the court was "wholly uninformed about a disturbing new trend" -- the abuse of over-the-counter medication by teenagers.
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Yeah, Dextromethorphan primarily and occasionally doxylamine or diphenhydramine.

Drugs that aren't recreational aren't an issue. Sure, there are a few idiots that think you can get high on ibuprofen or aspirin, but seriously, deal with those idiots by education and stomach pumping, not incredibly invasive searches for substances that anyone with a brain would realize have no recreational potential.
 
Remember guys, these are prescription strength Ibuprofen! FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND MICROGRAMS!! As if the Advil packs don't recommend 1-2 for adults and children over 12 or 13 or something. :\

Its bullshit, call the cops if you have a big deal and maybe a little more evidence.
 
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