"Disorderly conduct, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine, is often filed for such pranks as pulling a fire alarm or dialing 911 unnecessarily, he said. But it can also apply when someone's writings disturb an individual, Delelio said."
"'The teacher was alarmed and disturbed by the content,' he said."
So let's give this guy and others like him every last gun in circulation. What could possibly go wrong?
On 4/26/07, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This is totally unconstitutional.
>
> Just think of what would happen to William Burroughs
> if this were kegal.
>
> Bts, Lee is Asian.
>
> Student writes essay, arrested by police
>
> By Jeff Long and Carolyn Starks
> Tribune staff reporters
> Published April 26, 2007
>
>
> High school senior Allen Lee sat down with his
> creative writing class on Monday and penned an essay
> that so disturbed his teacher, school administrators
> and police that he was charged with disorderly
> conduct.
>
> "I understand what happened recently at Virginia
> Tech," said the teen's father, Albert Lee, referring
> to last week's massacre of 32 students by gunman
> Seung-Hui Cho. "I understand the situation."
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> A high school senior in the northwest suburbs of
> Chicago was arrested and charged with disorderly
> conduct for an essay he wrote in his creative writing
> class. What do you think of this response?
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> Wasn't the most important message of the VT shootings
> that people need support from the community so they
> don't feel alientated and unwelcome in society. I
> think the school needed to approach this with therapy,
> not a awful arrest in front of his peers. They clearly
> don't get it.
> Submitted by: RL
> 10:23 AM CDT, Apr 26, 2007
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The school has violated the civil rights of the
> student. If this were my child, I would sue the school
> and the police Department. Intervention with couselors
> and mental health professionals is a much more
> appropiate response.
> Submitted by: John G
> 10:22 AM CDT, Apr 26, 2007
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> But he added: "I don't see how somebody can get
> charged by writing in their homework. The teacher
> asked them to express themselves, and he followed
> instructions."
>
> Allen Lee, an 18-year-old straight-A student at
> Cary-Grove High School, was arrested Tuesday near his
> home and charged with disorderly conduct for an essay
> police described as violently disturbing but not
> directed toward any specific person or location.
>
> The youth's father said his son was not suspended or
> expelled but was forced to attend classes elsewhere
> for now.
>
> Today, Cary-Grove students rallied behind the arrested
> teen by organizing a petition drive to let him back in
> their school. They posted on walls quotes from the
> English teacher in which she had encouraged students
> to express their emotions through writing.
>
> "I'm not going to lie. I signed the petition," said
> senior James Gitzinger. "But I can understand where
> the administration is coming from. I think I would
> react the same way if I was a teacher."
>
> Cary Police Chief Ron Delelio said the charge was
> appropriate even though the essay was not published or
> posted for public viewing.
>
> Disorderly conduct, which carries a penalty of 30 days
> in jail and a $1,500 fine, is filed for pranks such as
> pulling a fire alarm or dialing 911. But it can also
> apply when someone's writings can disturb an
> individual, Delelio said.
>
> "The teacher was alarmed and disturbed by the
> content," he said.
>
> But a civil rights advocate said the teacher's
> reaction to an essay shouldn't make it a crime.
>
> "One of the elements is that some sort of disorder or
> disruption is created," said Ed Yohnka, a spokesman
> for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.
> "When something is done in private—when a paper is
> handed in to a teacher—there isn't a disruption."
>
> The "key outcomes" this month for the Creative English
> class was for students to identify and utilize poetic
> conventions to communicate ideas and emotions. With
> that in mind, teachers reminded students that if they
> read something that posed a threat to self or others,
> the school could take action, said High School
> District 155 Supt. Jill Hawk.
>
> The English teacher read the essay and reported it to
> a supervisor and the principal. A round-table
> discussion with district officials conveyed, with
> lively debate, and they decided to report it to the
> police.
>
> "Our staff is very familiar with adolescent behavior.
> We're very well versed with types of creativity put
> into writing. We know the standards of adolescent
> behavior that are acceptable and that there is a
> range," Hawk said.
>
> "There can certainly be writing that conveys concern
> for us even though it does not name names location or
> date," he said.
>
> The charge against Lee comes as schools across the
> country wrestle with how to react in the wake of the
> shootings at the Virginia Tech campus at Blacksburg,
> Va.
>
> Bomb threats at high schools in Schaumburg and Country
> Club Hills have caused evacuations, and extra police
> were on duty at a Palos Hills high school this week
> because of a threatening note found in the bathroom of
> a McDonald's restaurant a half-mile away.
>
> Experts say the charge against Lee is troubling
> because it was over an essay that even police say
> contained no direct threats against anyone at the
> school. However, Virginia Tech's actions toward Cho
> came under heavy scrutiny after the killings because
> of the "disturbing" plays and essays teachers say he
> had written for classes.
>
> Simmie Baer, an attorney with the Children and Family
> Justice Center at Northwestern University, called the
> Cary incident an example of zero-tolerance policies
> gone awry. Children, she said, are not as
> sophisticated as adults and often show emotion through
> writing or pictures, which is what teachers should
> want because it is a safe outlet.
>
> jjlong at tribune.com
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