A teenage schoolgirl was arrested by police for racism after refusing to sit with a group of Asian students because some of them did not speak English.
Codie Stott's family claim she was forced to spend three-and-a-half hours in a police cell after she was reported by her teachers.
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The 14-year-old - who was released without charge - said it had been a simple matter of commonsense and accused the school and police of an over-the-top reaction.
The incident happened in the same local education authority where a ten-year-old boy was prosecuted earlier this year for calling a schoolfriend racist names in the playground, a move branded by a judge "political correctness gone mad."
Codie was attending a GCSE science class at Harrop Fold High School in Worsley, Greater Manchester, when the incident happened.
The teenager had not been in school the day before due to a hospital appointment and had missed the start of a project, so the teacher allocated her a group to sit with.
"She said I had to sit there with five Asian pupils," said Codie yesterday.
"Only one could speak English, so she had to tell that one what to do so she could explain in their language. Then she sat me with them and said 'Discuss'."
According to Codie, the five - four boys and a girl - then began talking in a language she didn't understand, thought to be Urdu, so she went to speak to the teacher.
"I said 'I'm not being funny, but can I change groups because I can't understand them?' But she started shouting and screaming, saying 'It's racist, you're going to get done by the police'."
Codie said she went outside to calm down where another teacher found her and, after speaking to her class teacher, put her in isolation for the rest of the day.
A complaint was made to a police officer based full-time at the school, and more than a week after the incident on September 26 she was taken to Swinton police station and placed under arrest.
It's nearly illegal to think in Britain. Canada is just about the same way. We've already started down that road in America, and the right sequence of events could push us there very quickly.
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It's nearly illegal to think in Britain. Canada is just about the same way. We've already started down that road in America, and the right sequence of events could push us there very quickly.
Yeah,,, I love warrantless programs and gun control,,,no way they could lead to this type scenario in the future via incrementalism,,,
I trust the government with any new powers it says it needs,,, as long as they tell me its for my own good,,,,
problem solved!
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I believe I heard on the radio yesterday,The Pa. senate is trying to pass a tougher gun control for felons who buy sell use or transport guns a tougher sentence time...Also a second degree misdemenor to be a felon if I heard this correctly.... They are trying to strip the 2nd ammendment away by labeling everything as a felon...
Its not the cops fault, where was this girls sense of personal responsibilty?She knew that the project was going to start but she was screwing around at the hospital.Oh well, shes probably a crackhead skank that dabbles in prostitution after school anyway.Shes gonna wind up living in a trailer park with a housefull of illegitamate kids anyway now that shes got a police record.Her parents probably put her up to it for the money.Did I forget anything?
I think whatever school police officer was there should have referred the whole matter back to the school and parents. It also sounds like the teacher was a raving nut. I happen to think there is a place for police officers at schools but that responsibility should be to protect students and staff from any attempts at school shootings, drug dealing, assaults and other serious crimes, etc. From the minimal information provided by this report, it sounds like there was a communication issue and not a racist issue.
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Oh well, shes probably a crackhead skank that dabbles in prostitution after school anyway.Shes gonna wind up living in a trailer park with a housefull of illegitamate kids anyway now that shes got a police record.Her parents probably put her up to it for the money.Did I forget anything?
Yes, you did. She's probably got a long history of overdue library books.
What is wrong with these police officers????
