Imbarrassing Arrest

Arrested for passing gas? What kind of country have we turned into? I can see it being an issue for him being rude about it and for turning off his classmates computers, but I do not think passing gas and turning off computers is an arrestable offense. I mean, where in the law books does it say it's OK to arrest someone for passing gas? I don't think any state has a law that says that so I think that's crossing the line. That's something you visit the principal for, not get sent to jail for.

WTF? What has the world come to? I mean, my god... you can't even pass gas without getting arrested for it now!!!!! I don't think that the boy should have been allowed to just continue disrupting the classroom, but arrested for farting.... Oh my god! I think an afternoon in detention or In School Suspension would have been quite sufficient. Or maybe even sending the kid home for a day and calling his parents, so that he got into some trouble at home, but arrested! I pray this kid was still a minor so that it will be off his record at 18....How embarrassing.

I've never heard of them arresting a student for acting up in school. Usually it's detention, suspension or something along those lines. This is a first that I've heard of. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG AND TRUST IN GOD**[/b]

Hello, CraftyCorner! Poor boy! Being arrested for farting, and probably all of his classmates know that he did it by now. How is he going back to school? The students will not leave him alone! And hey, he must have been really bad... To be arrested for farting. What in the... The stink should be about to kill everybody. I can imagine people throwing themselves on the floor to avoid the invisible gas smoke. They should have been all suffocating. :P Respectfully, Munhozmib.

I'm really not surprised. Schools have been getting extreme with punishments for some time. They tried to give my daughter 8th hours for the most stupid things. She was respectful to her teachers, did her work and tried not to cause trouble. If she came home and told me she deserved the 8th hour she served it. If she came home and didn't believe she deserved it, we would talk it over and decide what to do. We had a non-negotiable rule about mother nature. You don't punish a kid for being human-PERIOD! She walked out of class more than once when the teacher told her not to and I always sided with her. I've seen parents tell their kids to follow the rules no matter what and I wonder at these people who think it is okay to make a kid suffer through having to go to the bathroom or worse the embarrassment of an accident.

But why?..Farting is such a normal humanly process. That's crazy to get arrested for it. Maybe it slipped out and he couldn't stop the bullet. Maybe he has some type of farting disorder where he just sit around and fart without knowing it. There's so many things that "could be." I live in Florida and I haven't heard that one yet. It'll spread out soon.

Maybe a little extreme, but I'm sure it got the attention of both the parents and the students. Kids need to learn respect and that they are in school to learn. I believe that was probably the initial reason behind the arrest. Kids no longer have respect for authority, whether it be a teacher or even law enforcement. I'm sure this isn't the first time this kid was dealt with and the SRO needed a way to get his attention. Just the opinion of an officer's wife (and a mother)........

it is bad but very funny. I do not know how somebody can intentionally do so, without any urge? I think this boy is extra ordinary.

it was an Official Arrest? not just the school resource officer taking him to the office and principal to decide what to do with him? but an ACTUAL full report, handcuffs arrest? ok...IF it was an official arrest thats just ridiculous! if however it was the resource officer who handled the situation and because it being the officer everyone believes it as an "arrest" well then thats just fine i guess..i mean he was disrupting the class, for some schools it is the resource officer who handles all the disciplinary situations that the teacher cant deal with. pretty damn stupid if was a real arrest though, sheesh.

Okay, can we say dramatic overkill? I understand that this boy was way out of line, causing such a disgusting disruption of class, but was an arrest really necessary? They could have put him in detention, suspended him from school, or even given him ISS (In school suspension), but to arrest him, even if he was released to his mother, was very unnecessary. He wasn't causing harm to others, except for the smell lol. He wasn't endangering anyone, but still he was arrested. This is a shame, and they really need to look into "let the punishment fit the crime".

Yea, he got what he deserved. Disruption of school function is a grave offense. And being a 13 year old, he just needs to know the consequences of his actions. He needs to realize that so that he will learn to abide by the rules. But arrested for passing gas? I don't think so. That makes it funny to some. ho ho ho. *rofl :)

Arresting for farting.. Haha.... Can a person control that in the first place.. Funny world and funny stuffs....