On Ahmed’s Clock, President Obama Once Again Spoke Too Soon

On Ahmed’s Clock, President Obama Once Again Spoke Too Soon | The Daily Caller:
"...But the question should never have gone this far.
If there is a problem, it is with the rigid “zero tolerance” rules that compel public schools to handle so-called “weapon” cases the way they do.
Eagle Scouts, honor students, and others have had their college careers derailed by “zero tolerance” policies.
Take just some of the bizarre zero tolerance “weapon” cases involving younger students that got national news coverage in 2013.
— 1st grader was given detention and suspension for bringing a quarter-sized toy gun on a school bus.
— 1st grader who brought a clear plastic toy gun to show and tell was suspended.
— First grader suspended for “talking” about a toy gun with another student.
— Kindergarten girl was suspended for 10 days for saying he was “shooting” a friend with a Hello Kitty bubble-making gun.
— Second grader was suspended for “pointing a pencil at another student and making gun noises.“
— Seventh grader was suspended for playing with an airsoft gun in his own front yard
— Seventh grader suspended for having a tiny keychain “gun.”
— Second grader in Baltimore was suspended for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a mountain, which school officials mistook for a gun.

But Obama never worried about the fate of those students.
Indeed, even Mohamed’s case hasn’t caused him to question the underlying problem..."