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Re: Should this Eagle Scout have been suspended for keeping 2" pocketknife in his car
It was locked in his car. A 20 day suspension is not warranted by a 2" pocket knife locked in a car.
The story said nothing about taking the knife to injure anyone. So no "intent" existed.
The story even after a search said nothing about intent. It said the knife was locked in his own vehicle.
So far your argument amounts to: well it could have been this way. I am stating fact based on what was reported not speculation that is irrelevant.
For example...
Man is drunk and accidentally walks into the wrong house (happens quite a bit) and is charged with criminal trespass, not burglary. Because no intent to commit a crime existed.
Accidents happen and the school should recognize this and act accordingly.
Zero tolerance is moronic at best. Let the punishment fit the crime.
I don't think the rules ignored intent, at all. I imagine if the school found that the student intended to use the pocket knife to injure another student, the school would be expelling the eagle scout instead of just issuing a suspension.
It was locked in his car. A 20 day suspension is not warranted by a 2" pocket knife locked in a car.
The story said nothing about taking the knife to injure anyone. So no "intent" existed.
I think that the school may have considered intent and was trying to give the eagle scout the minimum punishment, which could have been the 20 some odd days. I don't know, it varies from district to district, state to state.
The story even after a search said nothing about intent. It said the knife was locked in his own vehicle.
So far your argument amounts to: well it could have been this way. I am stating fact based on what was reported not speculation that is irrelevant.
For example...
Man is drunk and accidentally walks into the wrong house (happens quite a bit) and is charged with criminal trespass, not burglary. Because no intent to commit a crime existed.
Accidents happen and the school should recognize this and act accordingly.
Zero tolerance is moronic at best. Let the punishment fit the crime.
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