Texas Student Sarah Bustamantes, 12,
Arrested for Spraying Perfume.Published at 2:29 pm EST, January 11, 2012
Like many young students, Sarah Bustamantes was teased. Her classmates often told her she smelled and made fun of her for being “weird.” So on one of these occasions, 12-year-old Bustamantes pulled out a bottle of perfume and sprayed herself twice.
What followed has many criticizing not only the school, but the Texas law makers that would allow such measures.
Bustamantes told The Guardian, ‘They were saying a lot of rude things to me. Just picking on me. So I sprayed myself with perfume. Then they said, ‘Put that away, that’s the most terrible smell I’ve ever smelled.’ Then the teacher called the police.’
The officer who routinely patrols the halls was called in, and Bustamantes was charged with a criminal misdemeanor and ordered to appear in court.
Bustamantes’ story is not the only one of its kind. Students all around Texas have been arrested and/or ticketed for arriving to school a few minutes late, wearing inappropriate clothing, swearing, leaving crumbs on the table after lunch, and even playing with paper planes. In other words, relatively normal childhood behavior can leave children with criminal records.
In 2010, Texas police gave nearly 300,000 “Class C misdemeanor” tickets to children as young as six
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