More on US Schools -- A Student get arrested in Chicago writing an essay

[igorlord]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070425essay,1,696682.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

I said many time before how I hate "Scared Activists" and "Better Safe Than Sorry Bureaucrats" (ie. let's make sure to cover my own butt even if that will screw up someone else's life in the process).

First, there was a "Scared Activist" that

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[angerona]

The article requires a registration. But that's rather funny, too. So writing a poem that happens to disturb someone is "disoderly conduct?"

[igorlord]

It does not require a registration for me.

Here is a quote:

Cary Police Chief Ron Delelio said the charge was appropriate even though the essay was not published or posted for public viewing.

Disorderly conduct, which carries a penalty of 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine, is filed for pranks such as pulling a fire alarm or dialing 911. But it can also apply when someone's writings can disturb an individual, Delelio said.

"The teacher was alarmed and disturbed by the content," he said.

[angerona]

ну да, посмотрим, что со всем этим сделает судья. Cкорее всего выбросит подальше, а над полицейским теперь смеяться будут. Жаль, что учительницу скорее всего не выгонят из школы, но "слава" среди учеников ей обеспечена.