Lzen
03-05-2007, 03:07 PM
I know there are several attorneys on the Planet and thought you guys could maybe help me decide which direction to go. Here's the situation.
My 14 year old son has this friend who he has become good buddies with in the past year. This friend was apparently accused of threatening to shoot another kid at school. Apparently, this friend and another of my son's friends were taken in and questioned by the school's police officer last Friday. I asked my son if he knew anything and he assures me that he doesn't know anything. He hasn't even talked to the accused since this all first happened. Apparently, the kid hasn't even been in school for a few days - they called him and his parents in there on Friday when he was supposed to be home sick.
Now, the Mrs. and I have been a little unsure of this kid since my son started hanging out with him. Still, he hasn't given us anything concrete to deny them time together. At this point, I am unsure of whether he is guilty of making any threat. If he did, was he just being a normal kid when they say stuff they don't really mean? Who knows?
Today, they called my son in to talk with the officer not once but twice during the school day. My son told him that he didn't know anything. The officer was accusing my son of lying and threatened to send him to jail, etc.....all that BS police scare tactics. Later when my son and the other friend talked, they discovered that the officer was making up stuff to try and pit them against each other.
I called the school. The officer had already gone home for the day so I talked to the principal instead. He said he didn't know anything because he wasn't present when the officer interviewed my son. I told him to have the officer call me when he gets in tomorrow and that I didn't want my son being questioned any more unless I am present.
My question would be can they really question a juvenile without a parent or guardian? I understand that they have to be careful about this kind of thing after all of those school shootings. Still, this ticks me off. I know my son would never think of being involved in anything like that. Maybe he's just the victim of hanging out with the wrong kid. I don't know. Any advice would be appreciated.
My 14 year old son has this friend who he has become good buddies with in the past year. This friend was apparently accused of threatening to shoot another kid at school. Apparently, this friend and another of my son's friends were taken in and questioned by the school's police officer last Friday. I asked my son if he knew anything and he assures me that he doesn't know anything. He hasn't even talked to the accused since this all first happened. Apparently, the kid hasn't even been in school for a few days - they called him and his parents in there on Friday when he was supposed to be home sick.
Now, the Mrs. and I have been a little unsure of this kid since my son started hanging out with him. Still, he hasn't given us anything concrete to deny them time together. At this point, I am unsure of whether he is guilty of making any threat. If he did, was he just being a normal kid when they say stuff they don't really mean? Who knows?
Today, they called my son in to talk with the officer not once but twice during the school day. My son told him that he didn't know anything. The officer was accusing my son of lying and threatened to send him to jail, etc.....all that BS police scare tactics. Later when my son and the other friend talked, they discovered that the officer was making up stuff to try and pit them against each other.
I called the school. The officer had already gone home for the day so I talked to the principal instead. He said he didn't know anything because he wasn't present when the officer interviewed my son. I told him to have the officer call me when he gets in tomorrow and that I didn't want my son being questioned any more unless I am present.
My question would be can they really question a juvenile without a parent or guardian? I understand that they have to be careful about this kind of thing after all of those school shootings. Still, this ticks me off. I know my son would never think of being involved in anything like that. Maybe he's just the victim of hanging out with the wrong kid. I don't know. Any advice would be appreciated.