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‘Disturbing Schools’ Law Criticized After South Carolina Student’s Arrest
The fallout from that shocking school video continues.
Law enforcement officials, and local leaders say the state’s “disturbing schools” statute, which was enacted in 1962, is too broad and needs to be changed.
The state’s “disturbing schools” statute, enacted in 1962, is under scrutiny after a sheriff’s deputy in Columbia was seen on video this week slamming to the ground a student caught with her cell phone out during math class.
This comes after a black high school student was put in handcuffs, arrested, thrown across a classroom by a white deputy.
The deputy was fired but the outrage of the arrest continues.
Pundits of the law are bothered that it was applied to arrest the 16-year-old girl exposed to the deputy’s harsh treatment method and an 18-year-old classmate who protested his behavior.
“A child simply looking at a phone is enough to bring in law enforcement,”
stated Democratic state Representative Joe Neal.
“Any infraction perceived by any authority in the school can be covered.”
Disturbing school is a misdemeanor charge that can result in a $1,000 fine and up to 90 days in jail in South Carolina. The statute makes it unlawful for anyone
“to interfere with or to disturb in any way or in any place the students or teachers of any school” or “to act in an obnoxious manner.”
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