What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
The high school my daughter goes to just fired the football coach for a hazing incident My daughter is a freshman on the color guard. They had their first field show this Saturday night. I was called to a meeting by the guard last Wednesday where they asked my permission to come and "kidnap" my daughter and take her to breakfast. During the discussion I reminded them of what happened to the football coach, and I asked them if there would be other parents. The captain' mother and two other mothers would be taking the girls. They also promised there would be no boys, no humiliation and the kids would not be hurt.
Well the girls were not just driven around town with bags on their heads so they didn't know where they were going, they were driven to a park at 3am. One of the mom's got out and told the others that this is not what should be happening and said she was taking her girls and going to Denny's as was the plan. The other two moms stayed. They took the girls out still heads covered where they were made to do push ups. Then my daughter said that the older girls started to get hostile and pushed them into trees, bushes and trash cans. There were boys there and the girls were told to strip - my daughter refused. She does not know if any of the girls did but she was scared, especially after she heard the boys' laughter. A few of the girls had to use the restroom so the captain's mom told the girls to use a bush. The other mom refused to allow the girls to do that and took those girls to Denny's a few miles away. My daughter was then pushed around some more and she hurt her ankle. Well they all eventually ended up at Denny's.
When the first mom saw my daughter's face and that she was hurt she immediately went to find out what happened. Captain's mom got very belligerent and cussed out the other mom in front of all the girls. This is when mom got her daughter, the other two girls she had and mine daughter and brought her home.
I called the booster president, told him what happened, called the band director too and left him a message and then took my daughter to urgent care. Got a call back from the band director, he is going to speak to the principal immediately and let the school investigate and handle the situation. I am going to the school first thing in the morning, but what I want to know is should I involve the sheriff's as well. Was a crime committed and should it be reported? The really angry side of me wants to clobber this captain's mom but the sane side of me knows that would be stupid.
Should I involve law enforcement?
The high school my daughter goes to just fired the football coach for a hazing incident My daughter is a freshman on the color guard. They had their first field show this Saturday night. I was called to a meeting by the guard last Wednesday where they asked my permission to come and "kidnap" my daughter and take her to breakfast. During the discussion I reminded them of what happened to the football coach, and I asked them if there would be other parents. The captain' mother and two other mothers would be taking the girls. They also promised there would be no boys, no humiliation and the kids would not be hurt.
Well the girls were not just driven around town with bags on their heads so they didn't know where they were going, they were driven to a park at 3am. One of the mom's got out and told the others that this is not what should be happening and said she was taking her girls and going to Denny's as was the plan. The other two moms stayed. They took the girls out still heads covered where they were made to do push ups. Then my daughter said that the older girls started to get hostile and pushed them into trees, bushes and trash cans. There were boys there and the girls were told to strip - my daughter refused. She does not know if any of the girls did but she was scared, especially after she heard the boys' laughter. A few of the girls had to use the restroom so the captain's mom told the girls to use a bush. The other mom refused to allow the girls to do that and took those girls to Denny's a few miles away. My daughter was then pushed around some more and she hurt her ankle. Well they all eventually ended up at Denny's.
When the first mom saw my daughter's face and that she was hurt she immediately went to find out what happened. Captain's mom got very belligerent and cussed out the other mom in front of all the girls. This is when mom got her daughter, the other two girls she had and mine daughter and brought her home.
I called the booster president, told him what happened, called the band director too and left him a message and then took my daughter to urgent care. Got a call back from the band director, he is going to speak to the principal immediately and let the school investigate and handle the situation. I am going to the school first thing in the morning, but what I want to know is should I involve the sheriff's as well. Was a crime committed and should it be reported? The really angry side of me wants to clobber this captain's mom but the sane side of me knows that would be stupid.
Should I involve law enforcement?
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