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(48,121 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:49 PM Mar 2013

Niles (MI) student with beef jerky punished for having look-alike drug

Niles student with beef jerky punished for having look-alike drug

An eighth-grade student at Ring Lardner Middle School in Niles said he believes he was unfairly punished for having a round can of shredded beef jerky at school last week.

Brenton Harrell was one of three students who were disciplined for having a can of beef jerky at Ring Lardner Middle School Wednesday. A fourth student was found with chewing tobacco hidden inside a beef jerky can. That student was suspended because having tobacco products on school grounds is prohibited.

According to school district policy, students are not allowed to have look-alike drugs on school grounds. The can of shredded beef jerky Harrell had looks very similar to a can of chewing tobacco.

The punishment for having a look-alike drug is immediate suspension pending an administrative hearing.

http://leaderpub.com/2013/03/25/niles-student-with-beef-jerky-punished-for-having-look-alike-drug/

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Niles (MI) student with beef jerky punished for having look-alike drug (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP

Any country that adopts a "zero-tolerance' policy on everything is, by definition, a police state. Aristus Mar 2013 #1

No, it is a Newest Reality Mar 2013 #3

Well, isn't the school-to-prison fast-track just a symptom of police-state tactics? Aristus Mar 2013 #4

I agree. 99Forever Mar 2013 #8

Bye, bye America. I'm sorry to see you go. nt ladjf Mar 2013 #2

What is wrong with school administrators? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #5

Jerky Chew. It says what it is right on the can: MineralMan Mar 2013 #6

I need to contact Ring Lardner's daughter about this. She won't be happy that a kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #7

This is a correct enforcement of the policy (which doesn't mean the policy is correct) cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #9

Aristus

(66,307 posts)

1. Any country that adopts a "zero-tolerance' policy on everything is, by definition, a police state.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:51 PM

Mar 2013

Jesus!...

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

3. No, it is a

Reply to Aristus (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 01:42 PM

Mar 2013

fast-track method of filling private prisons and supporting and important and growing industry in the land of the incarcerated.

Aristus

(66,307 posts)

4. Well, isn't the school-to-prison fast-track just a symptom of police-state tactics?

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 01:45 PM

Mar 2013

n/t

99Forever

(14,524 posts)

8. I agree.

Reply to Aristus (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 02:13 PM

Mar 2013

Just another symptom of Authoritarian oppression that is becoming the norm in our Empire.

ladjf

(17,320 posts)

2. Bye, bye America. I'm sorry to see you go. nt

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:59 PM

Mar 2013

Comrade Grumpy

(13,184 posts)

5. What is wrong with school administrators?

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 02:01 PM

Mar 2013

It seems like they lack a lick of common sense.

Zero tolerance = zero thought.

MineralMan

(146,281 posts)

6. Jerky Chew. It says what it is right on the can:

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 02:07 PM

Mar 2013

What the heck. Read the can. It's not a "look-alike" anything. It's clearly labeled.

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)

7. I need to contact Ring Lardner's daughter about this. She won't be happy that a

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 02:10 PM

Mar 2013

school named after her father is behaving in such a shameful, reactionary, fascist, jack-booted fashion.

She's a former client of mine and a VERY good person.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Lardner,_Jr.

Lonnie:

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

9. This is a correct enforcement of the policy (which doesn't mean the policy is correct)

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:21 PM

Mar 2013

The kid has no argument that the jerky is not a look-alike product. It is designed to resemble (and function like) a can of chewing tobacco and is thus the same as a candy cigarette or a bubble gum cigar.

So if a kid should be suspended for candy cigarettes then this is the same thing.

As to whether a kid should be suspended for a candy cigarette or bubble gum cigar is another question entirely.

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