It’s hard to search high school student’s property without a reason. So in Missouri they have created one. In Springfield Missouri school officials have started to have lockdowns so that local and state police can have an unlawful search of the student’s property, which is detrimental to their learning and understanding of the first amendment. The Greene County Sheriff's Department ordered students and teachers to leave all personal belongings behind and exit the classrooms during the drill when they re-entered the classrooms, students allegedly discovered that their backpacks, purses and other effects had been opened and rummaged through. John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute said “We have no rights at all against the state or the police" leaving students helpless.
The fourth amendment clearly states that there will be no searches or seizers without cause, and in this situation there was no reason at all to go through the student’s personal belongings. The worst part of this search is that not only were the students not present during the search they also have no whereabouts that it was even going on. I am not condoning what the police did, but I would like to have enough faith in my country that if the police did an unlawful search and seizer that they would be upfront and honest about it. The worst part about all of this is that the police did not admit to the search until a group of 16 year-old high school student had to call them out on it. The simple solution? Don’t touch a girl’s purse without permission, unless you want to get sued.
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