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Further Adventures in Zero Tolerance

Radley Balko | 2.3.2011 8:29 AM

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In Philadelphia, a seven-year-old faces criminal charges for bringing a Nerf-like gun to school.

And in Virginia, a 14-year-old has been suspended and charged with assault for using a small tube to blow bits of plastic at his classmates.

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Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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