Don't Strip-Search Eighth-Graders Over Nonexistent Vape Pens, Please

[Nevilledog]

https://www.wonkette.com/don-t-strip-search-eighth-graders-over-nonexistent-vape-pens-please

A brand new craze is sweeping the nation, but sadly it's nothing so whimsical as hula-hoops, pet rocks or Beanie Babies — it is "strip-searching teenagers over vape pens."

A mother in Detroit is suing her daughter's charter school, George Crockett Academy, alleging that the school's principal violated the eighth-grader's constitutional rights by having two female staff members strip-search her in search of a vape pen. They never actually found any vape pen, but they did humiliate and probably scar her for life, so there's that!

To make matters extra-horrifying, the reason they did this was because a student with a documented history of bullying this girl told them that she had a vape pen stuffed in her underwear. At no point did any of the adults involved here even stop to think "Hey, how would this other student even know that, given that we know they are not friends? Is it perhaps possible that this other girl is lying in order to subject the girl she bullies to a humiliating strip search?"

According to the lawsuit, the 14-year-old girl was taken into an office by the two female staff members, forced to take off her shirt and pants, lift up her bra and fold down her underwear. To add to the humiliation, she was on her period and one of the two windows in the office was uncovered.

Who here remembers what eighth grade was like? I don't think I made it through a single bra-shopping trip with my mom without dying of humiliation. Everything that happens to you feels like the worst and most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to anyone in the history of the world, so I cannot even begin to imagine how this poor girl feels. Not to mention how she will feel every time she sees those staffers in the hallway at school. As an adult, I would feel horrified and violated — and people want to do this to children? Over a hypothetical vape pen?

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[maxsolomon]

1. Charter Schools - the gift that keeps on giving.

The parents probably signed something allowing strips searches.

[aocommunalpunch]

3. They are a cancer.

Get rid of all of them. Invest in public schools and stop fucking around with this bullshit.

[stopdiggin]

10. damn. glad you said that

('cause I just knew I was gonna' - and get roundly hammered for 'blaming the victim')

Anybody else here willing to award a gold star - to the parents, who willingly opted for the 'discipline and structure' (and perhaps a dollop of religious instruction?) sales routine? And now you got the gestapo man handling your teen daughter ... Gosh, who knew .. ?

[drray23]

2. that should be ground for this girl's parents

to sue for sexual assault on a minor. She was coerced into stripping down by two staff members who could be random people , not law enforcement or medical staff.
Heck even medical staff have to have a medical reason to ask you to strip down and you have to consent.

[canuckledragger]

4. These conservative pedophiles are out of control.

[txwhitedove]

5. Slow the crazy train down! What happened to calling parents?

Waiting for the parents? Who thought strip searching any kid was okay? WTF?

[2naSalit]

6. Normalization of abuse...

That we, the taxpayers, are funding along with all the private cash they get.

Lovely racket they have going there.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Sub In 15 or 16 Schools

All junior highs or high schools. I know the principals & assistant principals at all of them.
I cannot envision any scenario where those I know would do this search.
I am suspicious of the motives of those that did the search.
It's not only wrong, it's creepy.

[FakeNoose]

8. Look on the bright side: at least it wasn't a cavity search

... but it's still an awful thing for any teenage girl to go through. I hope this case gets to court and I hope this family is awarded high damages - enough so that her college education is paid for.

[maxrandb]

9. At a school named after civil rights icon George Crockett???

JFC! We haven't just blasted through the looking glass, we're using the broken shards to slit our wrists.

Somebody please unplug America, wait 10 seconds, and plug it back in.