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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Hiring Mercenaries to Police Schools Teaches Compliance

Jersey Jazzman: Hiring Mercenaries to Police Schools Teaches Compliance:


Hiring Mercenaries to Police Schools Teaches Compliance

Because when you use a bunch of armed mercenaries to police public high schools, what could possibly go wrong?
At 9 a.m. on the morning of October 31, 2012, students at Vista Grande High School in Casa Grande were settling in to their daily routine when something unusual occurred.
Vista Grande High School Principal Tim Hamilton ordered the school -- with a student population of 1,776 -- on "lock down," kicking off the first "drug sweep" in the school's four-year history.