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Push is on to decriminalize minor youth offenses

Published on December 23, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Joe Henderson

Let’s say you’re a teenager and you do something stupid. I know, hard to believe, right? Maybe you get caught with a small amount of pot, or you’re in the wrong place when a fight breaks out. Maybe you’re out with the guys and ended up someplace you shouldn’t, or you committed a petty theft. You’ve never broken the law before, but someone called the cops and soon you’re handcuffed in the back of a squad car with a record…

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Colorado first-grader suspended for making finger gun

Published on March 6, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Another example of zero-tolerance critique has cropped up in the news this week. A first-grader in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was suspended for pointing his fingers in the shape of a gun at another student. Six-year-old Elijah Thurston said “bang, bang” at the other child as he made the gesture. In a climate where school shootings are becoming all too normal, the school’s reaction to suspend the young boy for a day may not seem too harsh. But consider that even…

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