Stupid ...But True !!

[Tim Wescott]

STUNNING: With her senior year winding down, 18-year-old Amanda Conroy,
an honor roll student at Barron Collier High School in Naples, Fla.,
looked forward to the prom, graduation, and college. But that's before
she drove her mother's car to school after her own broke down. A random
search turned up her mother's stun gun in the car. The assistant
principal, citing the district's "zero tolerance" policy toward weapons
on campus, ordered a 5-day suspension -- and no prom. The principal
increased the punishment to 10 days -- and no graduation ceremony. Then
Assistant Superintendent Michele Lugo ordered the punishment be
increased to expulsion -- and no diploma. Conroy's father says Lugo
told him that "things would go better" for Amanda if he didn't hire a
lawyer or talk to the media. He declined. The resulting publicity
caused the school to back down: they allowed Amanda to go to the prom,
finish her school work in an "alternative" school, and graduate with
her class. (Bonita Daily News) ...In the ZT biz, that's called "a
successful outcome".

HOW DO YOU PLEAD? Police say Tomas Sheerin of County Kildare, Ireland,
had an argument with a man and decided to break into the man's house to
beat him up. He climbed into a bedroom window late at night but made so
much noise that one of the house's occupants awoke and called out
"Who's there?" Sheerin answered "It's me, Tommy." In court to plead
guilty to the resulting burglary charge, Sheerin's lawyer conceded his
client is "a few bushes short of a shrubbery." (PA) ...There you are,
folks: proof that there is such a thing as an honest lawyer.

[Tim Wescott]

Here`s a couple more! ;D

FOUL: Administrators at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Ft. Worth,
Texas, spotted an 8-inch bat in a car parked in the lot. They traced
the auto to sophomore Cory Henson, a junior varsity baseball player,
and pulled him out of class so he could unlock the car for a search.
"Weapon!" they cried as they confiscated the tiny bat that had fallen
off a baseball trophy. Per the district's zero tolerance policy, Henson
was suspended pending an expulsion hearing. Police declined to file
criminal charges, and Henson's mother wondered why the school didn't
have any problem with the full-size aluminum baseball bat that was also
in the car. At the hearing, school officials declared the tiny bat was
not a weapon and ended the suspension. (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
...Sure: once they realized that they had awarded him that trophy they
pretty much had to.

SMASHING: Blake Molnar, an honor student at Danbury High School in
Lakeside, Ohio, bought a ticket in a school-sponsored contest
benefitting the American Cancer Society and he won the grand prize: he
got to throw a pie in the principal's face. Principal Karen Abbott
stood still to take her medicine as the 110-pound boy took his best
shot at the close of the school-wide assembly. But as he returned to
his seat Abbott "grabbed" him, hauled him to the office and called
police. The 15-year-old has been expelled from school for 80 days and,
at the principal's insistence, could face criminal assault charges.
"There was at least what Karen felt was malicious intent," said Police
Chief Mike Meisler. "There was too much force used" in hitting her with
the pie. (AP, Toledo Blade) ...There is indeed excessive force being
demonstrated here.

[powerhouse7]

I dont even know what to say, just say no to drugs?
-powerhouse