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Parents Sue Over Arrests Of Students During Immigration March



December 21, 2006)--Four Round Rock high school parents are suing the district and the city , accusing them of violating students' rights to freedom of speech during an immigration march.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 51 students who were arrested in March and cited under the city's youth curfew ordinance.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and a judgment specifying the rights of the students under the state and federal constitution, according to Jim Harrington, director of the Texas Civil
Rights Project, a nonprofit representing the parents and students.

Round Rock's youth curfew ordinance requires students younger than 17 to be in school between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

The city later dismissed the charges against the students because they were exercising their constitutional rights.

Under the curfew law, that is a defense against enforcement.

City officials had not seen a copy of the lawsuit and could not comment.

School district offices are closed through January.

Or courts will soon be so jammed packed with law suits brought forth by illegal aliens, they will no longer be able to carry on with any other cases. they will have to close their doors just as our hospitals have done!

Charge the students with truancy, and the parents with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Minors have no rights, unless their parents agree in a supervisory and parental capacity.

I will bet that NONE OF THE PARENTS IN THAT LAWSUIT WERE SUPERVISING THEIR CHILDREN AT THE PROTESTS!

It's time to send the parents a message that there is zero tolerance for truancy in order to engage in illegal activity. PERIOD!

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Protesting students sue City of Round Rock

08:37 AM CST on Friday, December 22, 2006

By RUDY KOSKI
KVUE News


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School officials warned RRISD students they would receive unexcused absences if they walked out. Dozens of students Thursday filed a class action lawsuit against the City of Round Rock. The suit comes after more than 200 students were arrested and charged for walking out of school to take part in an immigration protest.

The case filed will affect 51 students who were charged with violating the city's curfew. Those charges were eventually dropped based on insufficient evidence that the curfew law was violated.

This all stems from two immigration reform marches taking place March 30 and 31. Students marched from Stony Point High School to Round Rock High School and then to Round Rock City Hall.

According to civil rights attorneys representing four families who had kids arrested, the city curfew ordinance allows for minors to take part in free speech activities like the immigration march. They accused the school district and city officials of conspiring to shut down the protest.

"It is a shame that Round Rock did this and hopefully Round Rock is going to learn its own lesson as a result of this lawsuit," said Jim Harrington, Texas Civil Rights Project.


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The federal lawsuit is based on three points: the students did not violate the curfew, the enforcement by police was done in bad faith and the sole intent was to suppress a protected activity.

"She understands that this was her right to do this, and they totally violated that, and I want her and everyone else, especially the Round Rock Police Department, that it was wrong for them to violate that," said Emily Tellez, whose daughter was arrested.

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There are about 40 students who still have cases pending. They are being charged with disruption of school. Those cases could be included into the lawsuit.

City and school district officials declined comment, saying they have not yet read the lawsuit.


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Originally Posted by ThomasMoore

Charge the students with truancy, and the parents with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Minors have no rights, unless their parents agree in a supervisory and parental capacity.

I will bet that NONE OF THE PARENTS IN THAT LAWSUIT WERE SUPERVISING THEIR CHILDREN AT THE PROTESTS!

It's time to send the parents a message that there is zero tolerance for truancy in order to engage in illegal activity. PERIOD!

This is absolutely right! If you don't have a vote you shouldn't have the right to march! Also if any of these kids had been hurt during the marches the parents would be suing for the schools not supervising them while they were in their care for crying out loud!

Charge the students with truancy, and the parents with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Thomas has the correct answer.

Is there not any way to legislate some kind of bill to keep these frigging Illegals from filing all these friviolous law suits in our courts? this is crazy!