Food Fight? You're Under Arrest!

I hope they were scared straight. Maybe a little extreme keeping them for eight hours, but let's be honest, these kids are old enough to know not to throw food.

Good.

My son was expelled from a private school when in first grade, because he started the first food fight in the school's history. I'm glad my son didn't get sent to jail for a food fight. (He turned out okay. College graduate. Employment. Kind. Funny.) Jail is wayyyy to much.

Going to a Chicago school myself as an adolescent, we had our fair share of food fights. We would always get punished for it whether it be detention, or no recess until we show improvement by being quiet for a whole hour.. those punishments taught discipline, but getting arrested for a practical joke is taking it way too far. That is teaching kids the wrong lesson.

Children acting like children is against the law. We must teach the future generation that to be human is contrary to society.

harmless fun as far as i'm concerned, every kid should be allowed to cut loose and have a full on food fight, it builds character.

WTF?!

Yeah, 8 hours in jail, handcuffs and mugshots are extreme. But why do I have the feeling we aren't getting the full extent of the story? Perhaps the children wouldn't stop when told to. Perhaps they ganged up on the police/security officer brought in to stop the fight. Ever been beaned in the head by an apple? Could be seen as force with a deadly weapon.

I totally agree with Marishka on the point that we are NOT getting the whole picture, here.

I'm calling for a National Food Fight Day in all middle and high schools across this great country of ours on Friday, December 18th... Whos with me!

WTF???? Foodfight???

Darn right those ...Rrrats were slammed in handcufs and jail- Serves them right, those ...Monsters!

Oh and their parents should bew jailed too for neglect of their duties to teach their children correct behavior and manners and respect for precious food.

Somehow I have the feeling that this school and the cops that came there, forgot who they were dealing with- However this got out of hand- this is not a case for Court. Instead it should be a case of teachers and parents and maybe some social workers if things really had gotten out of control like is suggested. But Court and criminal charges....? That sounds to much like Ye Olden Days when for the least petty-thing you were sent straight to the Penal Colony without any possibility for appeal.

Those who can, do

Those who can't, teach

Those who can't teach, govern

Those who can't govern, police

This is another good argument for homeschooling. Schools are mostly here to get your kids ready to live in a police state governed by fools.

Litle brats... trashing out food. Many people would fight FOR this food. But everything thats abundant is waisted. Like the water people use to clean up the sidewalks here in brazil. I bet they don't do that in europe where millions lack clean water.

When stuff like this happens, why is it that parents don't say, "Wow, you shouldn't have gotten in a food fight." Instead, the parents are so quick to jump to their child's defense. The punishment may be a little extreme, but is it so much that the respect for authority needs to be undermined? I don't believe so.

Yeah, this is the kind of extreme acts we hear about US. I don't even talk about it exactly, but remind you that worse than get to jail is to take those kids to Africa and let them keep an eye on the starving ones dying to get a piece of that "ammunition".

Yup, the police love to arrest eighth-graders for no real reason, right? Wait, I better not say that. Some twit might agree with me.

Story sounds a little one-sided. Maybe they were being treated like real criminals because they were behaving like real criminals.

oh i love living in a zero tolerance world...so nice, with straight lines and narrow creases...now get back to work

this is nuts, I'm sick of this nanny state, care bear crap. When i was at school we actually made real needle ammo for our blow pipes and were running around school firing them at each others butts. All we got was a stern talking to. In retrospect its a wonder nobody lost an eye but it was just seen as a prank, pretty soon we were onto the next fad.

This story made http://detentionslip.org! Check it out for all the crazy headlines from our schools.

Overreaction plain and simple. Detention, revoking of priveleges, expuslion for a short period...yes, but jail time?!?!

I would hate to be a kid in this day and age. You can't actually be a kid and do something naughty without getting slammed in jail for it. While I do have to wonder if we are getting the whole story here, if this is the whole story, then I can only say that such a gross overreaction to something that just about every kid has done at one time or another is a sad statement about the way this society is headed.

So ridiculous. Give the kids detention, make them clean up the entire mess AND maybe do dishes in the back or something, but to put them in jail?? Really??

food fights are the last bastion of grade school anarchy! stop those and you WILL breed bomb-throwing (and rutabaga-throwing) anarchists!

Sounds like it's just getting them prepped for what to expect for treatment of the people by our government/authority. No longer for the people, by the people.

Don't forget that soon christmas and halloween will be forbidden, as well as flying the American flag.

Think I'm over reacting? These things are already starting around our country... How can we let these things happen to our children.

Wake up

The Land of The Free :D

This is what happens when you take corporal punishment out of the schools. Instead of spanking unruly children we throw them in jail.
WAKE UP AMERICA!

Given the proliferation of food allergies, I'm surprised they aren't facing assault charges.

I home school my child and if she started throwing food during lunch, she would have a blistered her rear end. Unfortunately schools can't do that these days.

Kids should be at school to learn not to screw off.