Knife Found in McHenry School Locker

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A three-inch pocket knife is found in a student's locker in the McHenry Middle School, and the cops schedule a meeting.

Wasn't it just two years ago that a student was expelled for several months for doodling in his notebook in class? The school called his drawings "gang signs" and threw him out. I saw the drawings and met the student and his parents.

He hadn't drawn "gang signs". Even if he had, the drawings were in his own notebook. Does the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution apply in McHenry? I definitely was not sure that it did.

When I was a kid, we all carried pocket knives. And we didn't have lockers to put them in. We put them in our pockets. We didn't flourish them. We didn't threaten anyone. A knife was, and is, a tool. We used them to cut things, like sticks and string. Sometimes we sharpened our pencils with them.

Now? If you even just say the word "knife" on a school campus, there will probably be a lockdown. The SWAT Team will show up. The K-9 teams will show up. Buses will be delayed.

We need to start recognizing Crime and stop criminalizing people who don't break the law!