Arrested for writing on a desk

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

If the desk costs over $250.00 its a felony.

Not in NY at age 13. She should have been recog'd to her mother's custody with an appearance ticket for Family Court.

But, it's not the police dept's fault. If the principal insisted on an arrest, they really had no choice. The smart thing to do would have been to call a Sgt. or Lt. down and have him talk it over with the principal, then call the mother down to the school. There's a right way and a wrong way to handle something like this--and I'm sure that if they went thru the entire school, they'd have found hundreds of other desks defaced worse than that.

The Board of Ed isn't going to replace the desk--I can guarantee that. If what she wrote was just "Okay" they won't even sand it out until the end of the school year.

[Rappin Mikey]

LOL! You should see some of the desks in my school. I work in an inner-city alternative school. We have a full-time cop at the school as many of our students are gang affiliated or have been adjudicated for drug or weapon offences. The police, not the principal, has the discression to make an arrest. I've personally heard the captain tell my principal if one of his men sees a student breaking the law, they MUST make the arrest. 99% of the police I work with have the best intentions, and I don't think the media always gives an accurate discription of events that occur. I gotta say, for things I see kids getting arrested for, this is an absolute joke. I also gotta say, I sure am glad the boys in blue are around some days.

[Tagger]

show me a kid that never wrote on a desk ... mostly love sick teeny boppers .. rediculous...