You got to be kidding me.

Swiss Man · **on:** October 15, 2009, 09:58:18 PM

Just found this online,

A 17 year old Eagle Scout had a 2" pocket knife in his survival kit in the trunk of his car at school now he is suspended.

Come on people lets use the brains and common sense that God gave us. This kid or the 1st grader aren't terrorist.

Zack · **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2009, 10:01:21 PM

But the real question is why was his trunk being searched in first place?

eodtech · **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2009, 10:16:44 PM

Quote from: Zack on October 15, 2009, 10:01:21 PM

But the real question is why was his trunk being searched in first place?

But the appeals court noted that Schloegel had received a student handbook at the beginning of the school year that included a parking form containing a consent-to-search clause.

State and federal courts have upheld warrantless searches on school property, a number of parking areas on school grounds are poster that you and your vehicle are subject to search.

Don't want to get searched then don't park on school property.

Search of Student’s Car in School Parking Lot Upheld
http://www.school-training.com/newsletter/articles/search-of-students-car.shtml

The seminal case setting forth the standard for a search on school grounds by public school officials is New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985). In pronouncing the reasonableness standard for school searches, the United States Supreme Court weighed the contravening interest of student privacy and "the substantial interest of teachers and administrators in maintaining discipline in the classroom and on school grounds." T.L.O., 469 U.S. at 339 (emphasis added). It instructed that a school search is legal when it satisfies the two-prong test: (1) the search must be "justified at its inception," and (2) "reasonably related in scope to the circumstances which justified the interference in the first place." Id. at 341-42

http://www.wisbar.org/res/capp/2009/2008ap001310.htm

Zack · **Reply #3 on:** October 15, 2009, 10:21:02 PM

I just wonder about the "randomness" I can't help it I'm a cynic. Seems to me like he might have been using it after school to trim something and someone saw him and alerted an school official. I had my car searched once in high school because the police dogs started scratching at my doors. I didn't have anything in there, but it was still stressful as I was an outdoorsy type in high school with hunting and fishing. I was just hoping I had taken everything out the few days before. Luckily I did. Only upside is I got miss class for about 30 mins as I was witnessing the search.

Swiss Man · **Reply #4 on:** October 15, 2009, 10:25:23 PM

All I know about it is what the video says, I just think that common sense is taking a vacation

NutSAK · **Reply #5 on:** October 15, 2009, 10:30:49 PM

We had a lengthy discussion about it here:

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,14533.0.html

This suspension was mentioned later in the thread.