Corpus Christi King High School Student Arrested for Writing on Bathroom Stall; Faces Felony Charge

[TexasTowelie]

CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - A King High School junior is facing felony charges and was still behind bars as of Friday evening, all for writing his band's name on a bathroom wall on campus.

School administrators said the student broke a state law, which specifically makes it illegal for students to use a permanent pen for that kind of vandalism.

The student was caught red-handed on Thursday. According to family members, Sage Leal was writing his band's name on a bathroom stall. Leal's mother, Darla Rabb, said her son is a good student and she believes the situation could have been handled differently.

"I am not saying that he was right, but to charge him with a felony at 17 years old, and expelling him from school?" Rabb said.

More at http://www.kiiitv.com/story/25417466/king-high-school-student-arrested-for-writing-on-bathroom-stall .

[font color=green]That will teach that ne'er do well hippie freak!

I wonder what his fellow band members think or will it be good publicity?[/font]

[tblue37]

1. Way to lock doors in the kid's future for a childish failure in judgment. nt

[TexasTowelie]

3. It's worthy of detention,

but not in a public jail. Hopefully a judge will reduce it to a general vandalism charge and he will get deferred adjudication.

[Louisiana1976]

2. I think arresting him and expelling him was too draconian.

[mbperrin]

4. This is just one of the many laws in effect for a couple of decades now

that I note with my students in our US Government classes. Even though I try to impress the gravity of these things, many just are disbelieving that it would actually be enforced.

Definitely be using this in current events tomorrow.

[TexasTowelie]

5. In that case, I'm glad to post the story.

It's my contribution to keeping them hooligans educated.

[Gman]

6. Scare the hell out if him and others now

But reduce the felony to something much less serious later, once they have the boy's attention. I do agree the felony charge is overkill. How many high school kids even understand what a felony is?

[rurallib]

7. insane

[DebJ]

8. There was a time when they would have made him fix it up,

paint it or whatever, get detention, maybe do some other custodial type
duties to drive the point home, and let it go.

But it's not about teaching and motivating any more.

It's about condemning, destroying, and keeping those jails humming.

On Edit: OHHH, just saw it is TEXAS, where execution must be entertainment at this point.

[They_Live]

9. Felony?

What the hell?

[Javaman]

10. zero tolerance is zero common sense.

I find the school administration of that district insidious drones.