14 y/o Muslim student arrested for bringing "bomb" to school[It was a Clock]

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This whole saga is the result of overreaching "zero tolerance" policies. Since when did zero tolerance mean all context is thrown out the window.

Bringing an actual gun to school is something that should actually be punished. Pointing your fingers in the shape of a gun, or biting a pop tart into the shape of a gun, of bringing a clock into school should not be.

You're right of course, Tibs, but the whole point of zero tolerance is to remove any pretext for judgement.  School administrators have jumped on it with the zeal of a hungry squirrel  on the last acorn on earth because if they just say "zero tolerance" they cannot be criticized.... although you'd think by now that they'd realize that they get criticized anyway.

Nonetheless.....

http://gawker.com/7-kids-not-named-moham...1730999866

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