This story hits close to home because I not only have chickens, but I dropped a rubber chicken on Mrs. Bloom at the senior assembly during my last year of high school. Of course, it was supposed to drop down and swing on a thin wire over her head, but the wire broke, and the rubber chicken hurtled to the stage floor at roughly the speed of...the gravitational pull on a rubber chicken, I guess. Mrs. Bloom was an unflappable old broad. One minute she's talking to the entire graduating class and the next there's a rubber chicken bouncing at her feet. She acted like it had dropped on cue. I lost a good rubber chicken that day.
But, I digress.
Via CBSNews and the Drudge Report...
Out in New Jersey, a senior prank involving three students and some live chickens resulted in criminal charges. The students "may not be able to walk through graduation ceremony and take part in other senior activities." Their crime?
"Cesareo and Tyler Bruno said they bought live chickens from a store in Newark and pushed the chickens through a window at Woodbridge High School in the middle of the night. A janitor found them in the morning before school started."
The students are being charged with trespassing. “The 18-year-old faces a $1,000 fine and six months in prison, but it’s unlikely he’ll face any time. A judge can give him community service.”
Here’s the kicker. The police said, “It may have been a joke to them, but…it wouldn’t have been so funny if a student got hurt.”
BY A CHICKEN?
Does common sense exist in this country anymore? There are a variety of ways to handle this situation, but criminal charges are ridiculous! Are we actually going to give three kids a permament criminal record over a prank involving chickens?!
MY SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PLAYS WITH CHICKENS EVERY DAY!
They aren’t a threat to her safety, or anyone else’s. Oh, there are a few bugs that should be concerned, but no worries. With six birds, anything with six legs won’t live long enough to fret.
Administrators at Woodbridge High School need to get a grip!
You can read the entire story here.
