Ok this is Bullshit....Rant
My Stepdaughter, who has never been in trouble, was arrested last night for threatening. When the police came to the house I asked the officer who was threatened, and he couldn’t give me a direct answer. I pressed the issue, and this is what happened, tell me if you all think this is BS.
A group of teenage girls take and hide another girl’s folder, at this pint my daughter is in extra credit class and not involved. When J gets out of extra credit, she meets up with her "friends", and gets the info on what has been going on, and all the High school BS that goes with it. My Daughter and the group of girls see the girl and her mother walking into the principal’s office. One of J's friends says what are we going to do if her mother says something to us? My daughters reply was if she touches me I will kick her ass.... Well apparently the girls mother over heard her say this and goes to the police, and they arrest her for threatening.
SO basically I tell the cop, she didn’t actually threaten anyone, but rather was overheard saying something to a friend that was taken out of context. He didn’t have a good answer, so now we have to go to court next week GRRRRRRRRRRRR
Sorry this was so long I just needed to vent a little
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That's messed up. I hope your daughters friends are also being summoned to court as well.
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Just not right. A threat would be more akin to telling the person to their face, not overhearing a comment that everyone knows probably won't even happen.
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No only she cited for uttering “harassing words", the rest of the stuff was considered school issues. I’m just as mad at her for getting involved in BS that didn’t concern her, as I am at the police for charging her with harassment, when she clearly does not meet the prerequisites set forth by Connecticut law...
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I'll be honest, from this story I really dont like your daughters friends. I dont think this "threat" will hold up in court though
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What a bunch of crap, seriously. There aren't real criminals to prosecute? We've apparently caught them all.
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BmiWMT14
No only she cited for uttering “harassing words", the rest of the stuff was considered school issues. I’m just as mad at her for getting involved in BS that didn’t concern her, as I am at the police for charging her with harassment, when she clearly does not meet the prerequisites set forth by Connecticut law...
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Is she in trouble at home for this? Just curious.
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the police spend so much time on petty things like this than real crimes. i am fuming at them myself now as i have been charged with shoplifting because i picked up a £5 lipstick in a shop, forgot i had it in my hand, and left the shop without realising i still had it. and they fucking pressed charges! now i have to wait for a letter to come to my parent address telling me whether i have to go to court or if i will be let off with a warning.
GAH!
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I highly doubt this will stand a chance in court.
But, here is a funny story for you to laugh at. When I was in middle school I WAS the bully, but I never touched anyone. Well I went to Reno for a school trip and this girl that I was harassing got a bomb threat on her answering machine. They told the cops it was me and when I got home from my trip I had officers surrounding my house looking for me. It obviously wasnt me, but the next week at school the girls mom came to the school and as I was walking out she stopped me and her and her friend (both 40ish women and I was barely a teenager) held me up against a wall and told me that if I didnt leave the girl alone they would put me in jail. After several attempts to get away and NOT ONE teacher doing anything. I went to my moms work and got her (here is the funny part). My mom worked for a resturant that back then made them wear these black and white clown looking shirts. So my mom came up and the women were in their black cadillac with power windows and my mom was screaming at them to get out of the car and they would roll the window down a little bit to say something then roll it back up. This went on for about 5 minutes. I was standing behind my mom waiting for that little bitch to come out of the school so I could kick her ass in front of her mother, but the principle had her stay in her office.
Didnt mean to hijack... just the point that some kids' mothers take shit way to serious...
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cinammonkisses
I'll be honest, from this story I really dont like your daughters friends. I dont think this "threat" will hold up in court though
I dont either, and we actually had a long talk about this certain group of girls. Luckily its not her core group of friends which are all good kids.
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Is she in trouble at home for this? Just curious.
Yes, beside losing her myspace, cell phone, and AIM. She has to wake up at 5:30 every morning just like she would for school ( she also got suspended ) and do all her school work, various household chores, and well as write and essay on why what she did was stupid, as well as a appolgy letter to give to the judge
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I don't like the sound of her friends either, and it sounds like she might have been in on it if she hadn't been in class. AS frivolous as this is, I hope that they all learn something from it. I also hope that the guilty party gets punished for sabotaging the girl's work. Bullying is no joke. Middle school was hell, and stuff like that happened to me daily. Little was done, as this was before Columbine and "Kids will be kids, jsut ignore the bullies." I wish that the school authorities had taken things as seriously.
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I suggest you DO NOT have your daughter give the judge a letter of apology. I think she had an ill-timed Macho Moment. We've all had them. Just keep her out of the system for now and teach her the difference between real loyalty and gang mentality.
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Thanks for all the replies.....
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BmiWMT14
No only she cited for uttering “harassing words", the rest of the stuff was considered school issues. I’m just as mad at her for getting involved in BS that didn’t concern her, as I am at the police for charging her with harassment, when she clearly does not meet the prerequisites set forth by Connecticut law...
there's half the problem right there. Connecticut laws suck, period. I was hit for harrassment and threatening because I emailed someone asking in a very nice way for some stuff they took out of my house, my threat was i would go to the cops if not returned and if that didnt solve the problem...i would find other ways to solve it. Some how the Meriden police took that as a threat.
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Guy I wanted to thank you for all the replies. we went to court this morning and had to talk to a probation officer. Once the facts of the case were presented to them, they conditionally threw the case out. The condition was that my daughter had to write an appolgy letter to the girl. Since I had already made her do this as part of her punishment, I pulled it out of my folder handed it to the PO and we were on our way. Im glad this is over, and sher learned a valuable lesson. And Again I want to thank all of you who took the time to respond.
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I'm glad to hear that everything worked out in her favor. Hopefully, this lesson will stick with her for a long time.
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I can't beleive this is happening; she did not directly threaten anyone.
A teeenager whose parent I know got suspended last week for laughing at another girl when the classmates pretended to cut her hair off.
let kids be kids.