Letters: Student was perpetrator, not victim

Once again we have newspapers, TV, social media et al in an uproar over the incident involving a white police officer and a black student. Once again South Carolina is in the national spotlight with accusations of racism over an incident that had nothing to do with race.

I agree that the officer probably used more force than was necessary. But the girl instigated this situation. The girl violated school policy. The girl refused to obey the orders of school officials and the sheriff’s deputy.

When a student refuses to comply with such instructions, what are school officials to do about it? Don’t the rules apply to everyone? Or is that little princess special?

Of course the rules do apply to everyone, and when one person flaunts them, that person has to be removed and disciplined or mayhem occurs and school officials no longer will have control.

The girl was the first one at fault. She was the perpetrator, not the innocent victim.

This story was originally published November 4, 2015 at 2:52 PM with the headline "Letters: Student was perpetrator, not victim."