A very large percentage of US currency has been shown to have cocaine residue on it. So if any of these students had money in their book bags, they could have been one of these 12.

McCracken must be treated like a leper everywhere he goes because of this. The School Board is going to reassign him elsewhere - presumably to a less politically 'sensitive' district. That means that he will probably feel safe in a few months, depending upon how these lawsuits go, to try this stunt again as a way of trying to vindicate himself that he was right to begin with.

He hasn't learned, and neither has the School Board.

They have to be hammered into splinters and the splinters ground into dust. The School Board must be made to 'bleed green' to the point that they choose to fire him publicly rather than face losing their entire budget in legal defense fees.

I used to work for a school board, and read much of what they posted on their own internal BBS's. Many of you have no idea of just how political a School Board is; many of those aspiring to public office get their first taste of power in that 'nursery'. Needless to say, partisan politics are rife. Dems and Reps slug it out ideologically behind the scenes...with childrens' futures in the balance of the outcome.

The bureaucrats within it are aware of how their futures can change in a heartbeat by ruffling one action's feathers over another, and are absolutely terrified of controversy, and quickly apply the 'hoof and mouth' remedy to anyone who even contemplates 'rocking the boat'.

And said bureaucrats are jealously protective of their little satrapies, and will do anything to avoid raising the public's ire. I've seen the beast from the inside, and kicked at its' intestines for ruining kid's futures with their inanities until it decided to s**t me out. Don't take my word for anything; attend one of their public meetings, and you can see for yourself how much a tightrope is walked. You'll be able to see within minutes who belongs to which party, which factions, etc. And we wonder at the 'dumbing down' of our kids, and why we have to import technical workers from overseas, because our students are hostage to politics.

McCrackin says he didn't know police would draw their guns -- and police were just doing their jobs

"I'm sure it was an inconvenience to those individuals who were on that hallway. But I think there's a valuable experience there."

So McCrackin expected weapons to be involved but did not think the police would draw their guns. Are we to assume that you are stupid or you care more about the safety of police than the children you are intrusted to safeguard.

But what is really sad about this event is that people backed McCrackin after the raid. I am not afraid of these Nazi's who follow orders, they have always existed and they eventually turn around when it is their turn to be taken away by the police.

The Toronto Globe and Mail disappeared a poll when the NDP was ahead. The NDP and Jack Layton are the party that Marc Emery support because they are vocal about making Cannabis Free For Everyone. There is a Canadian link mentioned in the thread starter on the subject- http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=25&t=000533