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dixiegrrrrl

(60,153 posts) Sun May 19, 2013, 03:15 PM May 2013

High school students arrested for throwing water balloons at school [View all]

North Carolina....

Six of the teens were charged with disorderly conduct. The seventh was charged with assault and battery for hitting a school security officer with a balloon.
The parent of another student has filed a complaint with the Raleigh Police Department. The student, who was not arrested, was allegedly slammed into a concrete sidewalk by the officers.
“How he was taken down was the most disturbing because they took him down by his neck and slammed him,” Hines told WRAL.com.

Someone caught this on video, at link
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/19/high-school-students-arrested-for-throwing-water-balloons-at-school/

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High school students arrested for throwing water balloons at school [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2013 OP

Why hasn't anyone questioned the constitutionality of these dumbass zero tolerance laws? Initech May 2013 #1

I am very concerned about the increased racism in this country dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #3

Hire more black cops for these troubled schools marshall May 2013 #7

I disagree. All cops can be irrational and deliver unnecessary violence. Black cops can be as well AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #12

The republicans don't want to take us back to the 1950s, they want to take us back to the 1850s! Initech May 2013 #11

All hail the police state! davidn3600 May 2013 #2

That's typical cop behavior nowadays. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #4

Obviously, terrorists who were planning to escalate to spitwads or rubber bands. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #5

To be fair, Aerows May 2013 #28

We got in trouble for this when I was in high school, and we were severely punished... ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #6

They called that detention. madinmaryland May 2013 #10

they absolutely deserved to be arrested dsc May 2013 #8

If that's so...it's another matter. However, we had an accidental scissor stabbing at our school ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #9

Since they were not arrested for that, and since the published story indicates the exact contrary, AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #14

Good follow up...thank you. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #16

Anytime. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #20

I worked for that school system dsc May 2013 #19

Well, the police brutality of slamming that kid's head into the ground was captured by video and AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #22

I agree no one should be slammed dsc May 2013 #23

Bleach is a substance that can be smelled. The cops don't appear to be friendly to the AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #24

I am more skepitcal sadly of the school system dsc May 2013 #25

Oh, that means they were weapons Yo_Mama May 2013 #15

Link please. If not just pure BS from some rumors from a high school kid. n-t Logical May 2013 #17

Where were these cops when I was a teen and had an egg thrown at me from a car? Quantess May 2013 #13

You want cops in schools? Here's cops in schools NightWatcher May 2013 #18

More cops in schools will, of course, mean more brutal confrontations like this. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #26

Sounds like something that would happen at my school.... PennsylvaniaMatt May 2013 #21

I see Daninmo May 2013 #27