This is another example of zero tolerance idiocy.

All too often parents are not raising their children to, among other things, show respect for other adults and simple rules. Case in point is this case where a boy was arrested for using a permanent marker. That being said it is ridiculous that he was arrested. Remove the marker from him or him from the class. This is what a school principle or disciplinarian is for.

What next, federal supervision of bake sales? Oh yea, we got that!

Boy, 13, Busted For Illegal Marker Possession | The Smoking Gun


DECEMBER 22--A 13-year-old boy was arrested Friday for using a permanent marker while in class at his Oklahoma City middle school, a violation of an obscure city ordinance.


According to an Oklahoma City Police Department report, the boy was spotted “in possession of a permanent marker” by Roosevelt Middle School teacher DeLynn Woodside. The 50-year-old educator told cop Miguel Campos that the student was “writing on a piece of paper, which caused it to bleed over onto the desk.”


Woodside...reported that the child, whose name was redacted by police from the report, attempted to hide the marker when she asked him for it...


Campos reported that he allowed Woodside, a seventh grade math teacher, to “sign a citation” against the boy, who was then transported to the Community Intervention Center, a juvenile holding facility. A police sergeant subsequently “booked the marker into the property room.”


A police spokesman referred to the student’s bust as a “citizen’s arrest” effectuated by Woodside.


The marker ban--which apparently is aimed at curbing graffiti--stems from a city ordinance making it illegal to possess spray paint or a permanent marker on private property (without the owner’s permission).

Here is the report...and it's still absurd!