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Title: Mom Arrested, Charged with Felony for Putting Recorder in 9-year-old's Backpack to Catch Her Bully
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Free Thought Project/WAVY-TV
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/mo ... r-school-backpack-catch-bully/
Published: Nov 22, 2017
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2017-11-23 10:03:57 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 6525
Comments: 66
Norfolk, VA — For weeks, Sarah Sims said she called and emailed school officials repeatedly to tell them her child was being bullied at school and was never given a response. So, she took matters into her own hands and now she is facing felony charges. Sims discovered her daughter was being bullied in late September. So, like any parent would do, she reached out to school officials for help. But she received nothing. “The thing that bothers me the most is that I am yet to get a response from anyone in the administration,” Sims added. After being shrugged off by the school, Sims decided that she would take matters into her own hands and catch her 9-year-old daughter’s bully. “I tried to be fair, but it’s not fair,” said Sims. “There is nothing fair about this.” She wanted to obtain proof that nothing was being done to help her 4th-grader, so she put a digital recorder in her backpack to capture audio from inside the classroom. “If I’m not getting an answer from you, what am I left to do?” she asked. Shortly after placing the recorder in her daughter’s backpack, it was found by the school who has a no electronic device policy. Her daughter was then moved to a new class and police came after Sims. “I was mortified,” Sims said. “The next thing I know, I’m a felon. Felony charges and a misdemeanor when I’m trying to look out for my kid. What do you do?” Local news outlet WAVY contacted the Norfolk School system for a comment and they were told because it is a pending investigation no one could comment on what happened. We were told that in elementary schools, no electronic devices are allowed. “They aren’t making this about that classroom,” said Sims’ attorney Kristin Paulding. “[These] are charges that carry jail time.” According to WAVY, Sims was charged with felony use of device to intercept oral communication and misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The felony charge could carry five years in prison. “Instead of comforting her she’s going to a magistrate and being handcuffed,” Paulding added. For simply listening to what her own child went through during the day via a recording device, this mother is facing a felony charge that can land her in jail. Hopefully, as her attorney notes, these charges won’t hold up in court. “We are at the very early stages of this, but even at the early stages I think the community needs to know that this is happening because any parent out there that is sending their child to school now could be at risk for something that happened to Sarah,” Paulding said. Sadly, TFTP has reported on mothers putting recording devices in their child’s backpack to catch bullies after the school failed to act. Megan Dowdy was one of those mothers. Dowdy said her son had been having night terrors. She suspected something wrong was happening at school, so she placed a recording device in her son’s pocket. Her child, who’s 13-years-old and autistic, has the cognitive skills of a first-grader and the communication capacity of a kindergartener, according to Dowdy. She said his behavior at night led her to believe something terrible was happening at school. She said, “He kept getting up during the night having night terrors, screaming, having meltdowns for no reason.” What Dowdy found with her recorder was horrifying. Her autistic son’s bully was a cop. A Pinellas County school resource officer, serving in Osceola Middle School, was caught on audio recordings abusing the autistic child. Ironically, the officer, Ural Darling, had been celebrated as one of Florida’s top school resource officers for his work in preventing bullying. All that has since changed now that Darling has been found to be the bully, caught by the student’s mother verbally torturing the child. He was fired in August but unlike Sarah Sims in the story above—who merely tried to catch her daughter’s bully—the officer was not charged.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
How did they find it? If the school searches packpacks every day, then perhaps the girl should have told her mother that it wasn't a good idea. Something is being left out of this story. Given that this article is from the freethoughtproject, that wouldn't surprise me.
You can read the same story here from one of your precious MSM sources: Mom charged after putting recording device in daughter’s backpack Mommy probably didn't tell her little angel that she was being used like a chump. Mommy didn't know that in Virginia, at least ONE PARTY needs to know they are being recorded... or it's an illegal wiretap or ease dropping felony. With a mommy that stupid... no wonder her mutts get harassed at school. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
You're a fricking idiot - the mom did everything she could to get the school to address the problem. You'd just bend over and take it up the ass like you most likely did all through junior high, when you dropped out because algebra made your head hurt.
Based on this, it appears as though the daughter told her mother she was being bullied by the teacher, so the mother decided to record the teacher. Now that makes a little more sense and explains why the school was reluctant to take action against the "bully" and why the school is pressing charges.
She has a bridge to sell you, you naïve shit stain. lol Yup, she did all she could do... TO BREAK THE LAW... using her child to do so. Keep defending such a poor decision, like all our ignorant millennials do. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
It's obvious that these yella stories leave out the parts that they don't want you to hear. This shitty fucking article even tossed in some unrelated cop hatred at the end... to trigger the LF antifa stupid.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
You're saying they made this up? A Pinellas County school resource officer, serving in Osceola Middle School, was caught on audio recordings abusing the autistic child. Ironically, the officer, Ural Darling, had been celebrated as one of Florida’s top school resource officers for his work in preventing bullying. All that has since changed now that Darling has been found to be the bully, caught by the student’s mother verbally torturing the child. Good grief - your submissive fetish for authority knows no bounds, does it? ROTFL
You, being one of them. lol I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
How in this world, do you arrive at that conclusion on this phantastick day?
When I first read the story, I just assumed her daughter was being bullied by other students. But it now appears as though she was reprimanded by either her teacher or the school resource officer for her behavior in the classroom. Of course the little darling would call it bullying because she dint do nuffin. So her mom seeks revenge for her daughter's treatment by attempting to record the confrontation in the hopes of getting them fired.
Shit, lay off the crack pipe. Every yella article Dicktard posts, triggers you into a Paultard frenzy. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
The way you play the issues (still in discovery) is that parents cannot collect objective evidence to support their otherwise serious complaint. The government is always negligent. It will always be this way. And you love it!
Today's libtarded millennial sheep never think their offspring do nuffin wrong... and apparently, neither does the sites PAULTARDS... who I've repeatedly reminded the normal posters, that our agenda crowd ain't far off today's dysfunctional snowflakes... just OLDER and closer to the grave
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
That millennial whore can collect all the evidence she desires... she can't break the law to do it. Maybe she should have applied for a warrant to record. Shut your Paultard flaps. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
While I have my family celebrating this phantastick day here at my home in Belize, I invited them to witness some of the fine dialogue that occurs on a chit-chat channel and especially towards me. They all went outside after seeing your post. Best to use the boat and enjoy life.
Best to use the boat and enjoy life... and smoke a doobie and make the thin skinned intolerant snowflake feelings go away. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
By today's standards, that verbal abuse probably consisted of calling him a brat.
If the parent wanted to be objective she wouldn't have told her daughter about the hidden recorder. Since the daughter knew SHE was also being recorded, she behaved herself.
The black lady is right. The school and government prosecutors are wrong and should themselves be prosecuted for tyranny.
Progressive edumacators don't like having their ERRORS __________d. "The most commonly-invoked exception is consent. Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have so-called “one-party consent” statutes." http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/business- career/legal/it-legal-record-conversation
Rose needs to change her FB page from “Lives in Riverside, California” to “Lives in Belize.”
what happened to parking herself in the Principal's office until she got some action
How did I know that you will be on the side of a bully?
I doubt an elementary school child can legally consent. It's why the ignorant bimbo was charged with endangerment... dumb shit lol I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
How did I know you'd crumble at the idea of a bully, like all snowflakes these days. Don't you libtards know that "bullies" have been in existence since the caveman. Why is it just lately, it's a matter of national security? You libtards love weakening the populace... I guess in your libtard mind, you've gotta protect everyone... just like your libtard welfare ideas of feeding the animals. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Because bullying an autistic child is a crime and the person(s) responsible for their egregious behavior towards this child can expect to be sued under the ADA Act and possibly proceed per the Civil Rights Act based their appearance and denial of equal protections of the law as well as hostile environment created by the perpetrator(s).
Who signs the permission slips for their child... dumb shit? http://www.nhc s.net/mosleyplc/documents/Picture_Release.pdf See, now this is why nobody ever invited you to those LEO family picnics and fishing trips.
We don't need laws that specifically name blacks, fags, cops, woman, Muslims or even autistic persons as victims in a hate crime. It's not illegal to hate. Harassment and assault covers EVERYONE... even if you weak snowflakes crumble at the term "bully"... it doesn't make it illegal unless the suspect party knowingly committed an act against the victim within the Harassment or Assault statutes. And don't friggin suggest such bullshit. Even autistic, artistic and retards need to learn how to defend themselves. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
She used the child to commit a crime, dumb shit... she probably won't be signing the child's permission slips much longer. lol You must have been the class parent of your trailer park. Here's a note, child... go buy me some smokes. Haaaaa I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
The crime of recording the conversation the child was involved in, dumb shit?
"The family filed a civil lawsuit against the school district and were awarded $300,000 in damages." I predict a cashectomy in the future of the school, district, and your fellow badged bully/dumb shits.
No... the crime of recording the teacher AND ANYONE ELSE BESIDES HER CHILD you simpleton stupid mother fucker. You think the child was turning the recording device on and off when OTHER PEOPLE were being recorded, outside of any conversation the child was involved in? I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Your link is NOT the same incident as the article DICKTard posted... you stupid shit stain. Try and keep up... or kindly shut the fuck up. The articles incident happened in "Norfolk, VA — For weeks, Sarah Sims"... not OHIO... you ignorant pile of anarchist shit. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Wow. so angry, why haven't you killed yourself yet? I do give you credit for keepin on in a life that by all signs must be a misery of never ending endurance of the unendurable. 'What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?'
BTW, hope those here who are capable of having a good day had one today on Thanksgiving.
'What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?'
You need a safe space, snowflake? Don't be an ignorant asshole, debate honestly... and you won't be called names. Simple as that.
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
So people who stop students from disrupting the class are bullies?
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestShortly after placing the recorder in her daughter’s backpack, it was found by the school who has a no electronic device policy.
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
Something is being left out of this story. Given that this article is from the freethoughtproject, that wouldn't surprise me.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#3. To: misterwhite (#1)
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#4. To: GrandIsland (#3)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#5. To: Deckard (#0)
Her daughter was then moved to a new class and police came after Sims.
#6. To: Deckard (#4)
the mom did everything she could to get the school to address the problem.
#7. To: misterwhite (#5)
#8. To: GrandIsland (#7)
This shitty fucking article even tossed in some unrelated cop hatred at the end...
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#9. To: GrandIsland (#7)
This shitty fucking article even tossed in some unrelated cop hatred at the end... to trigger the LF antifa stupid.
#10. To: buckeroo (#9)
to trigger the LF antifa stupid.
#11. To: GrandIsland (#10)
#12. To: GrandIsland (#3)
With a mommy that stupid... no wonder her mutts get harassed at school.
#13. To: buckeroo (#11)
How in this world, do you arrive at that conclusion on this phantastick day?
#14. To: misterwhite (#12)
#15. To: misterwhite (#12)
#16. To: buckeroo (#14)
that parents cannot collect objective evidence to support their otherwise serious complaint.
#17. To: GrandIsland (#13)
Shit, lay off the crack pipe. Every yella article Dicktard posts, triggers you into a Paultard frenzy.
#18. To: buckeroo (#17)
Best to use the boat and enjoy life.
#19. To: Deckard (#8)
was caught on audio recordings abusing the autistic child.
#20. To: buckeroo (#14)
is that parents cannot collect objective evidence
#21. To: Deckard (#0)
#22. To: Deckard (#0)
#23. To: GrandIsland (#16)
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Maybe she should have applied for a warrant to record.
#24. To: buckeroo, GrandIsland (#17)
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While I have my family celebrating this phantastick day here at my home in Belize ...
That is, if it is as you say…she is there with you.
BTW – That really is a dumb picture of you on the FB page.
You have the look of a hardened career criminal in a lineup with guilty written all over your face.
LOL …
#25. To: Deckard (#0)
#26. To: GrandIsland, misterwhite, Gatlin (#3)
#27. To: VxH (#23)
So if the student is part of the conversation
#28. To: A Pole (#26)
#29. To: GrandIsland (#28)
Don't you libtards know that "bullies" have been in existence since the caveman. Why is it just lately, it's a matter of national security?
#30. To: GrandIsland (#27)
(Edited)
I doubt an elementary school child can legally consent.
#31. To: goldilucky (#29)
Because bullying an autistic child is a crime
#32. To: VxH (#30)
Who signs the permission slips for their child...
#33. To: GrandIsland (#32)
She used the child to commit a crime, dumb shit
#34. To: GrandIsland (#32)
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https://www.today.com/parents/teachers-caught-tape- bullying-special-needs-girl-2D80555826Ohio Recording Law | Digital Media Law Project
#35. To: VxH (#33)
The crime of recording the conversation the child was involved in, dumb shit?
#36. To: VxH (#34)
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#37. To: GrandIsland (#36)
#38. To: All (#37)
#39. To: Dead Culture Watch (#37)
#40. To: A Pole (#26)
How did I know that you will be on the side of a bully?
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