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ASAP! My civil rights taken unlawfully
ok so i had tylenol on the schoolbus; i meant to take them in the kitchen but the bus came early. so i took them on the bus, & when my best friend got on, she was crying her back hurt so bad (she fell down the stairs the night before.) and i have to go to the schoolboard tomorrow morning, but at the school, they searched me and put me through total humiliation in front of the whole school with a drug search. (over tylenol. how gay :p) but my mom & i are pretty sure they didnt allow me some of my civil rights as a juvenile. (im 16) can anyone giveme any good virginia juvenile civil rights pages for mobile web? i cant get access to internet. so yea. any and all would be appriciated, as this is happening tomorrow at 9am. thanks!! <3 *please keep in mind ive never gotten in trouble before..im a cheerleader & on the schools anti-drug commitee, as i lost the love of my life to drugs & alcohol. i hate them :(*
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As a student who has taken multiple government classes and has spoken to many police officers about this very topic I have learned that your school has every right to search you any time they see fit. If you smell like smoke that can show that maybe you have some sort of smoking parapharnalia on school campus giving them the right to search you because having any type of tobacco products on a school campus, no matter whether or not it's school hours, is a crime. What you did was wrong, you asked if you have a case and the answer is no. Just because you were told what you didn't want to hear doesn't mean that it's not the truth. Don't ask a question if you don't want a truthful answer.
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Unfortunately for you, the school had every right to search you. If they feel that they have any reason whatsoever to search a student then they have every right.
If your mother smoked and she drove you to school and a teacher smelt the smoke from your mom's car, well, they can now search you because they have reason to believe you were smoking.
So, and I know this sucks for you, but the school was within their rights to search you.
I understand that you weren't plannon on taking the medicine at school and that you were not planning on distributing it to a friend, but both are against the rules and you should have known that. I don't know how you were caught, but if you're going to break such a serious rule then you should be much more careful.
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In a public school, you can be searched at any time for even the slightest thing that could be interpreted as suspicious. As long as they searched you in a reasonable and non-abusive manner, they're fine.
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While the case was based New Jersey, it went up to the Supreme Court, so the ruling applies nation-wide.
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