http://www.infowars.com/entrapment-aspergers-teen-victim-of-war-on-drugs/
Doug and Catherine Snodgrass were thrilled when their 17 year old son was making a new friend at school but only to find out this "friend" was an undercover cop who convinced the young man to sell weed and arrested him for drug possession!!!
Mr. Snodgrass explained that his son has Asperger's(like me) and other issues that make it hard for him to make friends. He told ABC news that his son had just been enrolled in Chaparrall High School in California and "He suddenly had this friend who was texting him around the clock"
What Snodgrass did not know was that "Daniel" was an undercover cop with the Riverside County Sherrif's department. "Daniel" had developed a friendship with the son and asked him to sell his prescription medicine but when the teen refused, "Daniel" gave the kid 20 bucks and asked him to buy marijuana. Eventually "Daniel" persuaded the teen , convincing him that he really needed the drug
In December 2012, Snodgrass' son was arrested along with 21 other students from three schools on various drug charges to an undercover operation. In January, a juvenile court judge ruled there were extenuating circumstances in the case and only gave the young man probation and 20 hours of community service and there was no evidence of guilt. In March, Judge Marian H. Tully ruled that the Temecula Valley District School Board could not expel the teen, and they, had in fact, failed to provide any sort of supervision while at school.
"Within three days of the officer's requests, [the] student burned himself due to his anxiety- Tully said. "Ultimately, the student was persuaded to buy marijuana for someone he thought was a friend who desperately needed this drug and brought it to school for him"
Snodgrass says his son has been harassed by teacher's who have given the young man numerous multiple suspensions and threatened expulsion. "Our son was cleared of the criminal charge, but the school continued to try and expel him" Snodgrass said
The family is suing the school for unspecified damages, stating the school should have better protected their son instead of participating in a undercover drug op with local authorities intentionally targeted and discriminated against the son.
Stephen Downing, a retired Deputy Chief of Police in the LAPD, described the behavior of the cops in this case pointing to some troubling trends in policy by saying "It is evident of just how far we have gone, and how callous we have become, in treating our children with the care and dignity they should be entitled"
"The fact that the police officer chose to prey upon the most "vulnerable" is "egregious" but not surprising- he said. He pointed to policing tactics and policies- like quotas, increasing the criminalization of America's schools and the fraudulent war on drugs- that has put pressure on cops to treat normal teen behavior as criminal.
This is a outrage.I think this is an example of the lack of decency and compassion that our society is lacking these days and illustrates how these people enjoy preying on innocent people in order to profit and make schools feel like prisons by treating normal behavior of kids and teens like it is a felony. This young man deserves better and given he is autistic makes this targeting even more disgusting.
