If Someone Strip Searched My Child I’d Charge them With Sexual Assault!
I don’t usually put out more than one article in any given day, but I guess I couldn’t wait till tomorrow to rant about this! Is it right for a school to strip search a student? Why would this even be up for debate? If someone strip searched ANY of my children, I would bring charges of sexual assault against them. Who the fuck do these people think they are? We are calling it a “strip search” but if a child is FORCED to take their clothes off and humiliated, even if they are NOT touched, I’d bring charges of sexual assault against them! No one, and I mean NO ONE has the right to make children strip down naked in school. Even more absurd is the fact that 13 year old Savana Redding who was strip searched was violated because someone somewhere said that she might have prescription medication on her person. What? Ok, well would it be ok to strip search her if she was accused of carrying heroin on her person? It would be ok then, right? Its NOT ok! And shame on anyone that feels that it is perfectly acceptable to do so because schools need a policy to keep other children safe. Bullshit!
What’s wrong with these people? I don’t care what the “intention” was for stripping a child naked. Is it supposed to be OK to do so if a parent is present? If the school called me in because my 13 year old was accused of selling prescription drugs and wanted to do a strip search I would deny them that access. Does having parental permission make it any less humiliating or even more acceptable? It’s NOT acceptable.
I can not even begin to imagine the humilation this child has had to endure. That is an emotional scar that will stay with her for the rest of her life. How violating for her and worse yet is the school standing behind such a policy and defending their position! Lets now add insult to injury. I hope they plan on suing the school and if the school, which was found in violation of her 4th Amendment rights desides to appeal the Supreme Court’s decision on the matter, they should get double compensation! It is like violating this child all over again.
Here is a link to Savana’s affidavit about what happened that day:
http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/drugpolicy/redding_savanaaffidavit.pdf
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Hannah on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 2:35 pm
thats fucked up. In Shippensburg they did strip searches, they did all sorts of searches that violated 4th amendment rights, and unless you had been arrested you would know you could not consent to a search. I mean how are you supposed to know when your 14 or 15 and fearful of the authority. It was another huge absurdity to get kids to confess, some kids are so freaked out they are to afraid to ask to call there parents, or they tell you they are calling your parents..and thats not till after they search you.
Angela on Wed, 22nd Apr 2009 2:39 pm
Well Hannah, as your mother you know full well I would have hauled off on anyone if they would have done that to you! I’m just glad you never had to experience such treatment from the school!
I love you my Hannah Bear!
Love,
Your Mama
John J Savo, the Authoring Auctioneer on Thu, 23rd Apr 2009 10:29 pm
Yet one more reason for me to hate the times we live in.
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Mommy With a Penis on Sat, 25th Apr 2009 9:45 pm
I had never heard of strip searches for students before. It’s disgusting and I’m with you that I hope the parents file suit. I tried to watch Bill Maher last night. He was interviewing a guy who was anti torture and Bill kept trying to interrupt this guy to make a joke. After about six minutes of Bill trying to make light of waterboarding I had to turn it off. These type of violations, weather torture or strip searches in high schools, are reprehensible. We need to get this country back on track.
There’s my rant.
Hutch
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stillthinking76 on Tue, 28th Apr 2009 8:32 am
This case is horrendous. Schools have become so histrionic about their zero tolerance policies that they have lost all common sense. I would never tolerate a school treating my hypothetical child that way. What this poor girl went through is unacceptable in way shape or form.
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