Weekly Daily Brickbats Archive 2008 January 29-31

Two students at Pennsylvania's Waynesburg Central High School were suspended for 10 days after they made an anti-drug commercial for a TV workshop. The students crushed candy and used it to represent cocaine. That violated a school policy that not only bans drugs but things that look like drugs. At least one of the students was also told to undergo drug counseling.

Surveillance video shows Shreveport police officer Ryan Robinson looking around to make sure officers aren't watching before walking up behind Carnado Brown, who was talking on a cell phone outside a night club. Robinson then Tased Brown. Robinson was suspended for 45 days, but no criminal charges were filed against him. And police chief Henry Whitehorn says he has no plans to do a criminal investigation of the case, which happened before he took office.

Malaysian authorities have seized copies of Christian children's books. Officials say the books contain illustrations of prophets such as Abraham and Moses, and that this violates Islamic law.