Seattle Schools are "Outside Police Jurisdiction"

[thebobman]

Granted the USA borders on a police state frequently, but this is ridiculous. Check out these incidents which were never reported to the police:

• At Rainier Beach High School, two boys are accused of forcing a developmentally disabled female classmate into a men's bathroom at the school last June. One watched the door while the other sexually assaulted the girl in a stall, according to court documents. The girl escaped and told a teacher, according to a police report, but police weren't notified until the girl's grandmother reported the incident nearly three weeks later. On Wednesday, 18-year-old Diojanique Davis was charged with third-degree rape and unlawful imprisonment. A 16-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile with unlawful imprisonment and communication with a minor for immoral purposes.
• The mother of a high-school girl who received a fractured nose, concussion and other injuries after being beaten in the hallway at Marshall Alternative High School told police that school officials urged her not to call police about the assault. She was told that doing so "would be like calling the FBI and that the police don't have jurisdiction inside the schools," the report notes. Police can investigate crimes at schools.
• At South Lake High School, a 15-year-old girl was caught carrying a "marijuana-type substance," a lighter, two knives with 3 1/2-inch blades, another knife with a 1 3/4-inch blade, 15 nails, two cans of Mace and a 1 1/2-foot crescent wrench. Administrators at Cleveland found two knives, four bags of a "marijuana-type substance," a hammer and a container of Mace on a friend of hers. Police weren't notified about either incident.
• In a handful of cases, school officials confiscated pellet guns or BB guns that students had brought to school. In at least two of those cases, students had been shot and injured by the weapons, but police were not notified.
• In May, a boy at Dearborn Elementary was injured after being chased at recess by a group of fifth-graders and pushed down a hill. As the boy tried to climb back up, one of the boys urinated on him. The victim's father reported the incident to police after he felt the school "wasn't taking the matter seriously," according to the police report.
• In another case at Marshall, a teacher said she was "frightened" by a student who wielded a knife, and told him to go to the in-school detention classroom. He was later found wandering the hallways, according to the school's incident report. Police weren't contacted because the teacher said the student "did not point the knife toward anyone."

Story at Seattle PI