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Police Raid School With Guns Drawn
by NYRA
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003 at 12:40 PM
NYRAUSA@aol.com
A dozen officers in Goose Creek, South Carolina stormed through the halls of
Stratford High School with guns drawn, forcing 107 students to lay on the
floor and submit to a drug dog search. Students were commanded to get on their
knees with their hands behind their head, students who did not respond quick
enough were put into handcuffs.
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A dozen officers in Goose Creek, South Carolina stormed through the halls of
Stratford High School with guns drawn, forcing 107 students to lay on the
floor and submit to a drug dog search. Students were commanded to get on their
knees with their hands behind their head, students who did not respond quick
enough were put into handcuffs. One student said, "I thought one of the guns was
going to go off and shoot or kill somebody, so I just got down to my knees and
covered my head for protection."
The scene, which looks more like Iraq than a high school, was captured by the
school surveillance cameras and then broadcast by the media. The raid was an
attempt to find marijuana, but no drugs were found. One student said: "They
would go put a gun up to them and push them against the wall and they would like
take their bookbags."
Parents were outraged at the raid, but principal George McCrackin said he
would “utilize whatever forces that I deem necessary” to keep drugs out of the
school. State police are now investigating the incident.
Stratford High School Principal George McCrackin
GeorgeMcCrackin@Berkeley.k12.sc.us
Goose Creek, SC Chief of Police Harvey Becker
hbecker@cityofgoosecreek.com
Goose Creek, SC Assistant Chief of Police Tracy "Ski" Tokarsky
dtokarsky@cityofgoosecreek.com
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