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jim49er
05-23-2013, 06:05 PM
The parents of a Temecula, Calif., high school student filed a claim against the Temecula Valley Unified School District for unspecified damages, alleging the district administrators did not protect their special-needs son but instead “participated with local authorities in an undercover drug sting that intentionally targeted and discriminated against their son.”

“It is shattering to our son. I don’t know how he will ever be able to trust friends again,” Doug Snodgrass, the father of the student, told ABCNews.com “He is changed for life by this.”

Snodgrass said his 17-year-old son, whose name has been withheld at the request of his parents, transferred to Chaparral High School, a public high school in Temecula, for his senior year. District discipline records from his previous school, Temecula Valley High School, “showed 10 discipline referrals” between August 2011 and May 2012, according to court records, but Snodgrass said the reason for the transfer was the family’s move to a different section of Temecula.

He was placed into an art class at Chaparral where he met Daniel, who befriended him. Not having any friends, his father said, his son quickly latched on to Daniel.

Snodgrass’ son began texting round the clock with his new friend, which at first thrilled his parents, happy that their son had made a new friend, Snodgrass said.

What they didn’t know was that Daniel was an undercover police officer, who the family claims would pressure their son to procure drugs.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/05/parents-claim-calif-school-district-failed-to-protect-autistic-son-in-drug-sting/

Christian Liberty
05-23-2013, 06:40 PM
Disgusting. These laws are bad enough but the fact that they literally go LOOKING to get people to break the law? Disgusting. They should be ashamed of themselves.

Spikender
05-23-2013, 06:42 PM
Saddest part is, some people I've talked to about entrapment actually think it's a good thing.

Sick.