Arrested 25 junior high school students and others as making a noise about food

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In middle school in Chicago, 25 junior high school students who were making fuss around food were arrested. The allegation is a misdemean of "reckless behavior", and some parents said that some people were indignantly angry that "they are just a little kid playful, they are treated as if they are criminals."

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25 Chicago Students Arrested for a Middle-School Food Fight - NYTimes.com

The incident occurred in Chicago,Perspectives Charter SchoolsofCalumet Middle School. I do not know what the trigger was, but the cafeteria was flying with apple, Orange struck someone's head, cookie seems to have turned into a battle field where it fly like a torpedo. It seems that it was a small mischief at the beginning, but as a result of the commotion, a lot of students joined the fuss in a matter of minutes, so that the hands can no longer be put in hands, adults are hiding under the table cover quietly It is said that. Eventually, 25 students aged 11 to 15 will be arrested.

A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department says "It is arrested by reckless behavior (minor crime)", but there are also opposition from their parents that convictions for adolescent children's joke are not so much I will. The students were released under the protection of their parents on Thursday, and they were suspended for two days.

"My children have to go to the court, they are handcuffed, thrown into a wagon car, taken a picture of the face ... it is not like a criminal," he says, Erika Russell, two daughters were arrested for eight hours. "All the students (arrested) were scared, have you thought of the children's feelings? If you are punished, imprisonment is not so much, have you never done a food fight?"

Perspectives Charter Schools co-founder Diana Shulla-Cose said that the fuss surrounding food expanded and police officers asked reinforcements to reinforce the police reaction, causing a large number of arrestors Although this incident is "unhappy", "We should not accept this lightly", he said.

The ruling will go down this month, but if convicted, it is expected to be a community service activity or probation observation. Regarding the pre-existing adults (17 years old in Illinois), it will be confidential until it is deleted.