Nice story from PEOPLE MAGAZINE ONLINE -- get real, that's all I have to say....
| Silly String Assault: Mistrial |
| A high school student accused of spraying his principal with blue and green silly string is off the hook, after a San Francisco judge declared a mistrial Thursday, reports the Associated Press. Jurors deliberated for three hours but couldn’t reach a verdict on assault charges against Steven Babb, now 19. He stood accused of spraying his former Vintage High School dean Andrew Herron with the silly string during commencement exercises. Babb said he was simply reveling in the post-commencement atmosphere. He said he later apologized to Herron "for any embarrassment or injury but not for the act itself." Prosecutors described it as a sustained, point-blank attack. "(Babb) directed the stream of one can up his nose and another at his eyes," Prosecutor Gary Lieberstein said, adding that he believed Babb's conduct was immature but said his office would drop the case. "There are certainly more serious cases than this," he said. |
From Josh: Just another pathetic story fromour nation's schools which are becoming hell holes. I mean, when we arrest children for stuff like this, we need to see we have a problem! This is why people feel they can't do anything in this country. I'm afraid to do a million things that anyone would normally do, for fear of being arrested! In the U.S., we let murderers go free, we idolize football players who have their girlfriends shot, we worship religious leaders who are corrupt and evil...yet we punish children for the most ignorant things. This is not a crime! It's silly string! Charges like this will only go to make things worse, not better.....
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