'Zero Tolerance' Criminalizing Kids | Nat Hentoff | Cato Institute: Commentary

'Zero Tolerance' Criminalizing Kids | Nat Hentoff | Cato Institute: Commentary: "In a recent case, at Spotsylvania High School in Virginia, 14-year-old Andrew Mikel, an honor student, active in the ROTC as well as in his church, has been expelled for the rest of the school year for violent criminal conduct and possession of a weapon.

Following the lead of the school officials, the Spotsylvania County School Board referred the ninth-grader to local law enforcement, resulting in his now being involved in juvenile criminal proceedings for assault."

"in the school hallway during lunch period, kidding around, he was using the body of a pen to blow 'spit wads' at some of his fellow students."