Father Arrested For Picking Up His Kids At School

[Zapp Brannigan]

http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/20/father-arrested-for-picking-up-his-kids-from-school/

A Tennessee father was hauled off to jail after he insisted on taking his son home from school on time, rather than waiting for another half an hour under a recently implemented school rule.

Jim Howe, father of two children enrolled in South Cumberland Elementary in Crossville, Tennessee, arrived at the school on foot at dismissal time: 2:00 PM. But a new school policy states that students may only leave at 2:00 PM if their parents are picking them up in cars. Walkers must wait until 2:35 PM.

Howe maintained that the policy was meant to apply to students walking home by themselves, not students walking home with their parents.

“You don’t need a reason as a parent to go get your children,” he told school officials.

Avery Aytes, a sheriff deputy and school resource officer, was on hand to prevent Howes from leaving with his kids. The encounter between the two was captured on video by Howes’s fiancee, Jennifer Long. When Howes insisted that the new policy was illegal, the officer threatened him with jail time.

“I’m going to call some help down here and we’re going to take you up to the jail right now,” said Aytes to Howes. “I’m not putting up with this today. You’re being childish and it’s uncalled for.”

Howes said he didn’t want to wait in the car line–and had not brought his car with him, in any case.

“You’re trying to be difficult,” insisted Aytes.

When Howes suggested that state law was on his side–and that he school had to release kids to him on time–Aytes handcuffed him and put him in a police car.

“I’m not standing here arguing with you, you’re disorderly,” said Aytes.

Irritated that Long was still recording, Aytes threatened to arrest her as well.

The school did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The sheriff’s office told an ABC local news channel that it believed Aytes acted responsibly.

“The resource officers are there to enforce the law,” said Cumberland County Sheriff Butch Burgess in a statement.

Burgess did agree with Howes, however, that the new pickup policy was causing chaos. The line of cars picking up kids is so long that it spills out along the highway, creating safety concerns.

 

[itsyoung!!]

some of these laws

 

[Remote]

I should just neg you automatically for posting from that bullshyt website The Daily Caller.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

I should just neg you automatically for posting from that bullshyt website The Daily Caller.

Not a fan of it, either, but the story was mildly amusing so I posted it.

 

[andre patton]

he clearly went up there with an agenda...trying to be a badass and get his kids at 2pm or whatever.

its kinda unsafe having those massive crowds of kids crossing all those streets while all those cars are driving around too. i guess the rule is in place for a reason.

dont see why the cop just didnt say, "not going to happen" and let the guy sit in the office and yap all he wants. not like the guy was being threatening. arresting the guy was definitely way over the top.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

I wish a nikka would make me wait an extra 30 minutes for trying to get some exercise.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

he clearly went up there with an agenda...trying to be a badass and get his kids at 2pm or whatever.

its kinda unsafe having those massive crowds of kids crossing all those streets while all those cars are driving around too. i guess the rule is in place for a reason.

dont see why the cop just didnt say, "not going to happen" and let the guy sit in the office and yap all he wants. not like the guy was being threatening. arresting the guy was definitely way over the top.

If there's anything that comes to mind when I think of "badass," it's picking up your kids right when they get off from school.

The rule was seemingly in place for students without parents. And even then the kids could walk home if they had a signed paper from their parent, apparently. This guy came PERSONALLY and couldn't because at this point, the officer was hopped up on power and trying to save face.

 

[andre patton]

If there's anything that comes to mind when I think of "badass," it's picking up your kids right when they get off from school.

The rule was seemingly in place for students without parents. And even then the kids could walk home if they had a signed paper from their parent, apparently. This guy came PERSONALLY and couldn't because at this point, the officer was hopped up on power and trying to save face.

you've never been to that school so you really dont know why the rule is in place. but it is. and the guy didnt like it. and it sounded like he also pointed out the other parents that were waiting outside to walk their kids home. when you walk into a situation with your camera, and you're quoting laws n shyt...you're clearly doing it to buck "the man". the dude robably shoulda just gave them a bonafide reason why he needed his kids at 2pm if it was that serious. then just bring it up at the next PTA meeting like a normal person would do.

and it wasnt the officer that told him no...it was the 2 school officials. the officer was trying to enforce the "no" they already told the guy.

i really dont care either way. they will probably change the rule, and the guy should have never been arrested.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

you've never been to that school so you really dont know why the rule is in place. but it is. and the guy didnt like it. and it sounded like he also pointed out the other parents that were waiting outside to walk their kids home. when you walk into a situation with your camera, and you're quoting laws n shyt...you're clearly doing it to buck "the man". the dude robably shoulda just gave them a bonafide reason why he needed his kids at 2pm if it was that serious. then just bring it up at the next PTA meeting like a normal person would do.

and it wasnt the officer that told him no...it was the 2 school officials. the officer was trying to enforce the "no" they already told the guy.

i really dont care either way. they will probably change the rule, and the guy should have never been arrested.

Well then, today I learned that parents are never in a hurry when they're picking up their kids from school and that people are always going to obey a really dumb rule that they clearly don't need to be following because all it's doing is inconveniencing people. And why does he need to give a reason to pick up his own child? It's his child. And they had a policy that let people pick up their kids in their cars. What's the point of not letting them leave by walking with a parent? Stupid shyt, like I said. Of course someone is going to quote why someone is legally obligated to release his child and catching this bullshyt on camera. It's a retarded rule and the dumbasses enforcing it are going to catch a river of shyt because of the video, thankfully.

 

[Ricky Church]

fukkin' retarded.