Comments on: Proper Report By Second Grader Results In Massive Panic

By: john

john — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 02:13:09 +0000

Ignorance results in more ignorance. I got a gopro for christmas, stuck it on my bike went to the local park where a man with a very red face told me to leave the park while approaching me with bulging eyes, he apparently thought I was filming his kids…. so he called the cops on me. I met the cop first when he pulled in and explained I barely knew how to work the thing and this guy was kicking me out with threat of force. Smart cop went over and informed the guy about my civil rights and the law. Guess what? the guy was a high school teacher, doing this in front of children….. Hence my opening line.

By: Brian Fendley

Brian Fendley — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 03:24:59 +0000

I agree that zero tolerance policies are nothing more than an excuse for staff and administrators to not have to “think” and actually handle a situation based on the merits.

By: Rod+in+SE+Boise

Rod+in+SE+Boise — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:44:44 +0000

Police over-reaction is so common it has become one of, if not the, major problem in society. (Maybe I shouldn’t use the word “society” – jungle might be more appropriate.

By: Grumpy+ole+Guy

Grumpy+ole+Guy — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:50:30 +0000

I was 9-10 years old when my parents began to teach me to handle deadly weapons, in the 1940’s. I was expected to handle toy weapons the same way. That was a long, long time ago and probably has no bearing on how a child now-a-days should be taught.
The fact remains that they should be taught. The fact remains that Society should have a standard of expectation. This incident should be judged on its own standard and I think that the Guardian outlines it well. If it had been a real gun and if it had been fired there would have been outrage at any inaction. As it is, it appears that there was over reaction. What-ifs make up more of our lives than the what dids.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:30:58 +0000

I will also lament the woes of society, I went to high school in a rural/suburban area in the 90’s and the student parking lot was full of trucks with gun racks with deer rifles and shotguns in sight. Never had a school shooting, never saw a gun in class, other than my history teacher showing us his machine gun from Vietnam and demonstrating the proper method of killing a communist.

I feel safer in a society where instead of empty zero-tolerance policies, parents teach their children how to properly use a gun for self defense or outdoor sports, teach children the sanctity of life (religious or not we can agree life is sacred), how to properly resolve conflict, and talk with their children about life to be ahead of the curve if their child is having problems, versus waiting for the outburst which might manifest itself in the manner of video games the child is engorged in thanks to the parent buying the electronic babysitter and rated M kill-fest video game for their child.

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:21:15 +0000

Two issues here (Police Response and School Response), same conclusion:

Police/Schools over react because the community would crucify them if they under-reacted to a real situation.

Society is to blame, we complain when they do too much, we complain when they do to little.

If they do too little, someone might get hurt, so they error on the side of caution and do too much, knowing they will take some criticism for it.

Where the logic erodes is with the suspension of the poor child. When the storm of a response was over, logic should prevail and the school should have a talk with the child and the parents and leave it at that. Zero tolerance shows a lack of courage in leaders to review a situation on its own merits, and make and stand behind a decision.

By: Booger+Hoots

Booger+Hoots — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:03:48 +0000

What’s ridiculous is parents letting small children go to school with handguns. Real, working, loaded handguns. My wife once had to disarm a 5 year old–it happens all the time and has for many years. The only difference for my wife was there were no official procedures for responding to weapons being brought to school. Now every school has them. Those procedures are driven by what insurance companies want, not what teachers and administrators want. When you read a story like this, try to keep in mind that this is only an opinion piece written by a dimwitted hack, not a news article–the intent of this piece is only to persuade people to be angry over something they know nothing about, not inform or educate.

EDITOR NOTE–We don’t condone name calling, but since it is aimed at us, we will allow it. We will not, however, allow you to speak about our intent. Intent is to offer a forum for discussion and attempt to instill some semblance of reason. Please don’t respond to the GUARDIAN again in this manner.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:06:11 +0000

“big kids scaring cops”?
Where did this happen? (sarcasm)

Yes, things escalate easily.
Often police are escalating them.

A cop rolls up to 2 people to tell them to use the sidewalk and then finds it necessary to REVERSE on the street and drive up on them AGAIN 2 feet away just because they didn’t immediately jump on the sidewalk…

So a police officer doesn’t haven’t anything better to do other than enforce jaywalking in a low-traffic neighborhood?

Who is scaring who?

By: Zippo

Zippo — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:01:58 +0000

I think Brown was a punk that someone would have needed to shoot eventually. I believe the editor made an impassioned statement which is somewhat erroneous as to the harmless nature of said punk.

Now let us focus on the main point of the story…. which is the silliness and waste and danger caused by the lack of common sense in our laws/policies/reactions to harmless events.

By: J+Smith

J+Smith — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:14:52 +0000

A common theme of unwarranted fear is being promoted through the infotainmentment we in Amerika mistakenly call the news.
You are far more likely to be injured or killed by a LOT of everyday activities, yet guns have become the current boogeyman. Why?
The “school shootings” that are happening like clockwork and being reported in the corporate media 24/7 are most likely scripted and orchestrated by elements within our Federal Govt that have made it their mission to disarm the U.S. citizen, while turning our cops into battle ready troops who view us as the enemy.
The only thing we should fear is our own government, for history shows that it always trends toward protecting and furthering its own power, and serving the elite at the expense of the common man.
It is time to reboot our government and ban all current participants for life.