Learning to hate The Man, part LXVII
A 15 year old student spent 12 days in juvvy after being implicated in a bomb threat phoned in to a school's hot-line.
They relied on the time stamp on the phone's caller ID, which showed a call from the student's phone at the same time that the message was left. Despite the fact that the voice on the school's recording sounded nothing like him, and the student protested his innocence, the principal told him
'Well, why should we believe you? You're a criminal. Criminals lie all the time.'
After 15 days they finally realized: The school's system was off by an hour from the Caller ID because of daylight saving time.
posted by The Sum of All Monkeys at 9:28 AM
6 Comments:
What's next? Hitler Day?
As the originator of this phrase, I am impressed at its versatility.
I hardly need think of what to comment, anymore. Brilliant!
What is this? Funny Week?
We're through the looking glass here, people.
"Legally, we were OK. We didn't step on this kid's rights," said Mike Sturnick, supervisor for the juvenile probation office.
HS Student + early-morning phone call + bomb threat thought to be made minutes later from a different phone + HS principal's "investigation" + prosecutorial zeal = 12 days in the pokey.
Hooray for new math!
What's next, Hitler Day?
I felt this needed repeating.
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