What, are you shitting me???
Nope:
School officials in Safford, Arizona, ordered the search in 2003 of Savana Redding, who was in the eighth grade. Following an assistant principal's orders, a school nurse had Redding remove her clothes, including her bra, and shake her underwear to see if she was hiding ibuprofen, a common painkiller.
Why in the Nine Hells would a public school system think that it is okay to make a fourteen year old girl disrobe in front of them?
School officials did not find ibuprofen, which is found in over-the-counter medications like Advil and Motrin. Higher doses require a prescription.
So they were looking for the presence of a LEGAL OVER-THE-COUNTER medication? How does that in ANY way justify a strip search of a minor?
The strip search had been prompted by an unverified tip from another girl who had Redding's school planner and some ibuprofen pills. She claimed Redding had given her the pills.
Whoa! Someone ratted one her for having a LEGAL SUBSTANCE THAT HAS NO LEGAL AGE CONTROLS OF ANY KIND ON IT.
Redding denied it and an initial search of her backpack and pockets did not turn up any ibuprofen. The assistant principal then ordered the strip search to be done in front of the nurse and his administrative assistant, both women.
Like that matters. If two male school personnel had tried to make me strip for them, I’d have walked out that room with my modesty intact and theirs on the floor with their asses.
Redding said she was embarrassed, scared and about to cry. She said she felt humiliated and violated by the strip search.
No brainer. Who wouldn’t? Well, if I had been strip searched by two women, they might have gotten more than they bargained for…
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