Overboard Drug Raid in a SC School

[Rob218]

Hey I attend that school. We are the Stratford Knights. Personally I don't think that they went overboard. I watched the whole thing. Only thing I disapprove of is the guns being drawn...

By the way the whole thing happened before school. They didn't simply say "ALRIGHT EVERYONE DOWN ON THE FLOOR!" They ran the dogs through and anyone picked out by the dog was taken to the main hall where they were told to lay down or they would make them lay down. The kids who you see crouching on the right side of the hallway were just there. The police told them to move but they didn't listen.

EDIT - Got any real questions that aren't, "Oh man I would be callin' my lawyer," then PM me. I'll do my best to answer them. Also the kids pressing charges against the school don't even know what the accuse them of. It's not the schools fault. There had been heightened drug activity and the administration wanted to stop it. The cops just wanted to add their own little twist to it.

[robertjuric]

Thats just it:

guns being drawn = overboard

Im fine with the raid, just the guns and all was to much.

[Rob218]

Yes the guns were too much. I'm waiting to see what our drug/gang activity is going to be like after this raid.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

i agree with pyro. people are still going to do drugs. the only way to stop it is to not try it at all or death.

[Southpaw]

Rob Did the early reports say they thought there also may be weapons? I thought that was the orginal statement was.

[Mango]

Hey guess what...too bad! Scream for your lawyer, there is nothing you can sue for. The police are doing thier job. The report says they recently found a student with 300 pills on them. That is a VERY high amount, punishable in NJ by a $75,000 fine and a minimum of 10 years in jail. VERY heavy crime. Listen, High school kids or not, the police can draw thier guns in situations even like this if they suspect that students might be armed. What if they just ran in there screaming, would most people listen? No. But if they draw thier gun, that certainly gets your attention. It dosent mean they are going to shoot you. And do you know the whole story? NO. All of you are working off assumptions. None of us know the full story.

[shartley]

Originally posted by SprayingMango
Hey guess what...too bad! Scream for your lawyer, there is nothing you can sue for. The police are doing thier job. The report says they recently found a student with 300 pills on them. That is a VERY high amount, punishable in NJ by a $75,000 fine and a minimum of 10 years in jail. VERY heavy crime. Listen, High school kids or not, the police can draw thier guns in situations even like this if they suspect that students might be armed. What if they just ran in there screaming, would most people listen? No. But if they draw thier gun, that certainly gets your attention. It dosent mean they are going to shoot you. And do you know the whole story? NO. All of you are working off assumptions. None of us know the full story.

[Rob218]

YES there were alleged reports of students having guns/knives that morning.

[Will Wood]

You could call your lawyer, but it would be waste of time.

Worst Case Scenario for the Police Department: Fireing the police men. You coulnd't touch them for jack squat benefiting you unless you had a really good lawyer.



I think what the PD did is good.

[InfinatyBPS]

I'm not sure how to comment on this because I am biased because I "use drugs". Actualy I just smoke weed, not nearly as much as I did last year(pretty much everyday), but I still do it occasionaly(once every other week or so).
I am against weed being illegal in the first place, because I know its nowhere near as bad as the government wants you to think it is. I always had weed at school, I only did it at school once and I will never do it again, paranoia is horrible at school, but it did make it easier to talk to the hot girl sitting next to me in math class But anyways, I live like 20 miles away from school, so the only way to have my little after school activitys with my friends was to carry my stuff on me. But I don't think some people having/selling a little weed is worth shoving guns to the heads of innocent students. If they had the people on camera getting together and doing their trade then bust them. All that wasn't nessasary.

[shartley]

Originally posted by KornKamp02
Oh, yeah I'm sure you'd love to get scared all to hell by a squadron of cops in there with GUNS pointing them at your head while searching all the stuff that you have for things that most likely aren't there. This is just sick. The day that happens is the day I stand in front of my stuff and say "Shoot me then." which they won't do. Even though I don't do, deal, or hold drugs I would still have a HUGE problem with this.

[shartley]

Originally posted by InfinatyBPS
I'm not sure how to comment on this because I am biased because I "use drugs". Actualy I just smoke weed, not nearly as much as I did last year(pretty much everyday), but I still do it occasionaly(once every other week or so).
I am against weed being illegal in the first place, because I know its nowhere near as bad as the government wants you to think it is. I always had weed at school, I only did it at school once and I will never do it again, paranoia is horrible at school, but it did make it easier to talk to the hot girl sitting next to me in math class But anyways, I live like 20 miles away from school, so the only way to have my little after school activitys with my friends was to carry my stuff on me. But I don't think some people having/selling a little weed is worth shoving guns to the heads of innocent students. If they had the people on camera getting together and doing their trade then bust them. All that wasn't nessasary.

[-J�ker-]

Originally posted by kenndogg
if this is what it takes to keeps drugs and gang banger wannabs in check then I'm all for it. Face it rent-a-cops just ain't gonna do it. You need real cops shoving .45s down the throats of pushers and gang bangers to show that schools can be a safe place to be.

dude that search was demoralizing,degrading and just plain wrong! i agree that the school has every right to search you while your on campus but not like this it DOES NOT take a drawn loaded weapon to do a freakin drug search. a dog i can see the whole precinct out in full riot gear NO. i hope somthing is done to that police dept. and that these type of searches DO NOT keep happining.

[InfinatyBPS]

Originally posted by shartley

Do you think the DEA is gonna track me down and search me beacuse I SAID that I OCCASIONALY smoke weed? Hell most of the musicians out there write songs about they're weed smoking. And anyways, I could say I'm a 35 year old black woman, that dosen't mean its true. Plus they can search all they want, I don't have any paraphanalia, smoking devices, or any weed at all. I highly doubt that someone is going to track me down for saying something online.

And I just got a surge of paranoia go through me, that last sentence of your post makes me think that you reported me or something... So can you please explain what you meant by all that what a waste and your torn and such?

[shartley]

Originally posted by InfinatyBPS
Do you think the DEA is gonna track me down and search me beacuse I SAID that I OCCASIONALY smoke weed? Hell most of the musicians out there write songs about they're weed smoking. And anyways, I could say I'm a 35 year old black woman, that dosen't mean its true. Plus they can search all they want, I don't have any paraphanalia, smoking devices, or any weed at all. I highly doubt that someone is going to track me down for saying something online.

And I just got a surge of paranoia go through me, that last sentence of your post makes me think that you reported me or something... So can you please explain what you meant by all that what a waste and your torn and such?