Safety Law News for 10/29/12

  • When a Los Angeles Unified SRO was unable to break up a hallway brawl and rescue a fallen student, he released pepper spray into the crowd of about 50 students.
  • An Illinois mother is suing her son’s school for strip searching the student, while the superintendent denies that any search occurred.
  • An African American student said that a noose was put around his neck by other students in Arkansas. The superintendent claimed that nothing criminal happened and the school board voted to suspend the offenders for one semester each, rather than the entire year recommended by the superintendent.