And the hits just keep on coming

I saw this today. An award-winning junior high student in Arizona was ARRESTED and suspended from school because he refused to wear his hat with the brim facing foreward:

Marlon was sitting in the school cafeteria when Saguaro security guards asked him to turn his hat around and he refused saying he felt singled out.

It is against school policy to wear hats sideways because it can be a sign of disrespect for authority, the police report said, but Marlon, who is Black, said that the rule is enforced selectively. According to a police report, he pointed to several White students whose hats were on sideways.

"Usually I don't have a problem, (but) when you walk around you see everyone else with their hats like that, I just kind of got fed up with it," he told The Arizona Republic.

Is that really necessary? Is the school that afraid of it's own lack of authority that it fears any potential types of disrepect? And what happened to irreverance? Silliness? Or hell, the kid thought it looked good? What the fuck kind of country is this becoming?

Miscellaneous Notes:
The police may not search your car without your consent or a warrant if they have stopped you for a traffic violation. It's very demeaning to be pulled over by the police and more so to have them search your car for no reason. If you don't feel like letting them search you then don't consent.
(source: www.nolo.com)

The Supreme Court is going to decide whether you need to have identification on you at all times next week. Dudley Hiibley, a cowboy from Nevada was leaning against his truck when a police officer stopped and asked to see his ID. Mr. Hiibley refused, and asked why. The cop wouldn't give him a straight answer, so Mr. Hiibley continued to refuse. He was arrested and charged with "Delaying a Peace Officer". I have never heard of such a bullshit arrest in my life. Who is the government to determine that I need some official documentation that they provide to be a citizen, or to be lawful? If Thomas Jefferson were here now he'd be kicking someone in the ass, and I guarantee you, it wouldn't be Dudley Hiibley. Call your senators and other congress types and let them know how you feel on this issue. Let them know that you want them to speak out in favor of Mr. Hiibley, and against the erosion of our rights. I can't. I've got a ghoul (Specter) and a moron (Santorum) for my senators. They favor big intrusive governments.