{"id":176944,"date":"2020-02-12T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/02\/12\/live-in-obedient-fear-citizen-6\/"},"modified":"2020-02-12T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T00:22:00","slug":"live-in-obedient-fear-citizen-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2020\/02\/12\/live-in-obedient-fear-citizen-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Live in Obedient Fear, Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"
A teen had an excused absence from high school to go to his orthodontist, but the school cop didn’t believe him, so he threatened to shoot the child<\/a>.<\/div>\n

The Teen was suspended, and then expelled, but the cop is still on the job:<\/p>\n

As William Miller tried to drive out of the high school parking lot, two adults stopped him, blocking the exit lane with a golf cart.<\/p>\n

A school resource officer employed by the Pasco County Sheriff\u2019s Office and a school discipline assistant told him he couldn\u2019t leave the campus in New Port Richey, Fla., on the morning of Dec. 17 or he\u2019d be classified as truant and suspended. William, 17, had just dropped off a friend at River Ridge High School before heading to a morning orthodontist appointment. The boy told the adults he had an excused absence and would return later in the day with a note. After arguing for several minutes, he tried to pull his gray Ford F-150 around the golf cart to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re going to get shot, you come another f—— foot closer to me,\u201d the deputy said. \u201cYou run into me, you\u2019ll get f—— shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The tense interaction played out on a body camera video that William\u2019s mother, Nedra Miller, shared<\/a> on Facebook last month. Miller told the Tampa Bay Times<\/a> on Friday that she had called the school to excuse her son\u2019s absence in advance and that he didn\u2019t want to interrupt her at work.<\/p>\n

The school suspended William from Dec. 17 to Jan. 9, his mother said. Then, River Ridge High School expelled him permanently.<\/p>\n

Despite the dire consequences for William, the two adults involved in the interaction have faced few repercussions. A school district spokesman told The Washington Post in a statement that it is not investigating the incident. The sheriff\u2019s office opened an internal review to determine whether the deputy, who has not been named, violated any policies. However, a spokeswoman for the sheriff\u2019s office told the Post the deputy has not been suspended and continues to work at the high school.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And cops wonder why so many people call them pigs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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