Ok, Anyway i sent my 12 year old to school, with lunch, But i couldnt get the desert in time so i sent him to shool with some sugercubes for desert about 3 anyway and the school accused him with possession of crack cocaine they said it was the so called ''Arctic White'' Cocaine when the tests came back it was suger. Anyway he got put in Juvinile hall before the results came in can i sue or what?
And again the reason i gave him 3 suger cubes is because i didnt have the time to get the brownies done!
2006-10-01 04:24:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yea.. this story is a load of crap. Good try though. You forgot one thing. Cops have stuff they carry with them that can identify foreign substances right at the scene. They would have dropped a few drops on the sugar cubes and it would have told them it wasn't crack.
Not a bad attempt at a lame story though. I give you, 3 stars.
2006-10-01 04:32:51 · answer #1 · answered by ChemGeek 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How long was he in Juvenile hall? Was it just a few hours, or was it a few days or weeks? I would talk to a lawyer if it was me, but if you choose to take that route.... keep an open mind. You may or may not be able to sue depending on the situation. Also, as a parent,I know that kids eat too much sugar, so missing a desert in your child's lunch will not be the end of the world. If he has a medical condition that requires a certain level of sugar at meals or through out the day, the school nurse should be made aware of that.
2006-10-01 11:37:50 · answer #2 · answered by Josie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely that there's any recourse. Possibly there is, but the school is probably cloaked in governmental immunity, unless they were exceeding the authority given, which isn't likely.
At any rate, you need to ask the right question here. I think you're focusing on your child's experience as a suspect, and missing the big picture.
What's going on at that school that they even think it's conceivable that a 12 year old would be having Crack for lunch? They got the idea somewhere, so my gut reaction is that they probably based it on experience. If they have some justification for thinking that's possible, do you want to put yourself in opposition to their efforts, and thereby increase the likelihood your child will actually come in contact with Crack?
What is wrong with you that you would leave your child in a school where this is a problem in the first place? If my only option for my child's education were a school where 12 year olds might have Crack, I'd move to another city if necessary, leaving the school to do whatever they wanted to fix their problem, but taking my child to one that didn't have the problem.
So that's your choice. You can try to fight with them about this, but that requires you to ignore the problem they are apparently trying to fix, and thereby become part of that problem, or you can cooperate with them and realize that there's a problem and either accept their efforts to fix it, or you can simply move and leave them to fix the problem or not.
I'd move.
2006-10-01 11:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever...sugar cubes my a**. Come on..a teacher or a principal would know if a child was carrying sugar cubes. And say if there were some doubt. Cops carry small little kits in their pockets that can test for this kind of stuff right away.
But let's say..your story is true. You can sue for anything. But I suggest to think about if it's worth the trouble.
2006-10-01 11:37:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sydney 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are so many things wrong here. Crack dosn't look ANYTHING like a sugar cube. You might as well have said you sent him to school with roses and they thought it was pot.
The school wouldn't have sent him to juvi, as they have no athority to do so. It would have been the police or a judge. both of which would have access to INSTANT tests (called narco-pouch) that would have showed it wasn't crack. SOMEONE is deffinatly on crack here, but i doubt it's your son.
2006-10-01 11:37:30 · answer #5 · answered by GuZZiZZit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first off...why the heII sugar cubes???....is ur kid in that need of sugar....if the brownies wasnt made...then he would just have to delt with no sweets for lunch...
you know....this question really eeerks me....i cant fathom the idea why a parent who give there 12 yr old child 3 sugar cubes in place as a dessert...my son is 12...i would apologized for the brownie blunder and made it up on the next lunch....
and as far as juvi,,,,only thing you can do is get a lawyer....
2006-10-01 11:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by Sugar_Plumzz 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first sorry for your son's ordeal. My advice is let it go. He is no longer in trouble and you both learned the meaning of zero tolerance - in the same way most people learn about it, through experience. It is a rough policy, but necessary. better you son learned a little about the bad aspects of drugs without acctually gettting a criminal record in the process. count your blessings
bri
2006-10-01 11:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by bri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can not sue, he was arrested and held by probable cause that it appeard to be a illegal substnace.
( sadly parents should know better in todays culture)
But this happens every day , people are arrested and held, sometimes for months, I know one young man held for 18 months before they droped charges for lack of evidence.
As long as it appeared to be the drug, the school and police were acting in good faith.
2006-10-01 16:08:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah stupid schools
yeah sue them it's not fair to put him
in juvi when they were not sure what
it was. i mean they could of holded him
like in the public police dept or something
but i think the juvi in on his record now
i would sue them for a couple grade and give me
at least 100 bucks cause im pretty broke right now
~Chris~
im 16
2006-10-01 11:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by cvc7chris 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
u should sue the school system. ur son does not deserve to be sent to prison just because it was sugar.
2006-10-01 11:34:46 · answer #10 · answered by mhsportsfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋