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Court Says It’s Ok To Strip Search in School
Yet another reason why I will be homeschooling any children I have.
“Safford Middle School officials did not violate the civil rights of a 13-year-old Safford girl when they forced her to disrobe and expose her breasts and pubic area four years ago while looking for a drug, according to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.”
Guess what the drug was? Not marijuana, not heroine, not ecstasy… ibuprofen! Are you fricking kidding me? It was prescription strength but it still puzzles me why anyone would think it’s ok to humiliate and traumatize someone over what amounts to some Advil or Aleve.
“She was told to pull her bra to the side and shake it, exposing her breasts, and to pull her underwear out of her crotch and shake it, exposing her pubic area. The search produced nothing.”
The courts said this was justifiable behavior.
“…he also said that the rights of children in school are not the same as those of adults in other settings because there are “special characteristics of the school environment.”
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Someones hands would be broke if my daughter was stripped searched.