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This is absolutely outrageous:
Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFYM06p0hvA97H1VyrK6×4G6dzqQD92NRQ4O0
Satellite GPS to Track Truant Students:
http://radio.woai.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=119078&article=4137166
The worst part of this is that the anklets will be on 24/7 until a judge orders them removed. This is a blatant disregard of Fourth Amendment rights, which are also interpreted to protect our right to privacy. The state has no right to monitor the whereabouts of these students, only to enforce compliance with compulsory attendance. Where is the outrage?
Look at these quotes from Bexar County, TX justice of the peace Linda Penn:
1) From AP:
Asked why the students have to wear the ankle bracelet all the time instead of just the school day, Penn cited problems with runaways.
“Sometimes, as I said, students are runaways. Parents don’t know where they are,” Penn said. “So it’s for the safety of the child, as well as the safety of the community.”
Burke [from ACLU] said truant students and runaway kids are different issues.
Asked specifically about privacy concerns, Penn said she didn’t have a comment. But, she added, her priority is “looking for the good of making these children accountable … it’s for the concern of these children getting an education.”
2) From radio station WOAI news:
“My overall program tries to address many of the root causes of truancy, but the electronic monitoring will be another tool that at the very basic level makes sure that the kids are in school when they are supposed to be,” she said.
Judge Penn said the ankle monitoring has the added benefit of making sure students are not committing crimes when they should be in class.
Judge/Justice Penn in my mind lacks both sound judgement and a sense of justice. She is a dangerous person to be on the bench because she supports the Big Brother/Nanny Govt. machine and has figuratively trampled our Bill of Rights underfoot.
