Update: School District Sues County in Case of Autistic Teen Entrapped for Selling Pot
The Temecula Valley School District in California has sued Riverside County and the Sheriff's Department over an incident that occurred two years ago regarding an autistic teen who was arrested for buying marijuana.
Last October, Reason TV reported on an autistic high school student in Temecula who had been arrested and expelled from school after twice buying marijuana for an undercover Riverside County police officer. The visibly handicapped teen had been the target of an undercover drug sting at the high school.
The student was cleared of any wrongdoing and a judge ordered him to return to school. His parents, Doug and Catherine Snodgrass, filed a lawsuit against the school district after they learned that the district acted in conjunction with the Sheriff's Department to entrap their son even though district officials were aware of his mental and emotional disabilities.
The Temecula Valley School Distric filed a cross-complaint on Wednesday, April 28. District officials deny any wrong-doing and claim that Riverside County and the Sheriff's Department should be held responsible for the district's costs in court if they are found liable.
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School district suing county and sheriff’s department?? What’s a poor statist to do? I end up being anti-government (i.e., racist) either way.
Then the sheriff’s department can counter sue them. Why not, that will double the tax payers fun.
How much of a complete fucking scumbag do you have to be to entrap a retarded kid?
Just a standard issue cop these days, really.
Pretty much any cop, politician, or bureaucrat will fit the bill.
So the school district is saying, “I’m not gonna take the fall for this, man!” And the cops are like, “snitches get stitches, yo!”
Ha. The fuckups can’t run fast enough away from this one.
The Temecula Valley School District in California has sued Riverside County and the Sheriff’s Department
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