Teen faces expulsion and felony charges for loaning girlfriend medicine.
Boyfriend and girlfriend, 15 Brandon Kizi and Andra Ferguson both suffer from asthma, both attend Caney Creek High School and both use the same asthma medicine. Andra began to suffer an asthma attack:
“I couldn’t breathe, and I was just very short of breath,” recalled Andra. “My chest was tightened up and it was hurting.”
Brandon described the incident. “Her face was turning a little reddish-pink and she looked pale, as far as I could see. I loaned her my inhaler. I walked her to the nurse’s office and loaned her my inhaler.”
The school nurse, instead of calling 9-1-1 or, an ambulance, called the police… as she is mandated to do by state zero-tolerance drug enforcement laws. Despite the fact that neither of the young people’s parents think anything wrong has been done. Despite the fact that the young man’s “dangerous drugs” could have saved the young woman’s life, he still faces mandatory expulsion, and criminal charges in juvenile court.
Principal Greg Poole: “It’s hard, it’s difficult. We certainly don’t look forward to expelling any kid. But then you have to consider a kid takes the medication and has an allergic reaction, and then we have to deal with that issue. So, yes, there is no discretion at this stage.”
Which is probably a good thing in this case. Since it is obvious that principal Poole, the school nurse or, the arresting officers are capable of discression, since they all decided to allow “the system” to take decision from their hands and eliminate themselves from any culpability, responsibility, or liability. Instead, they have elected to allow the system make the decision to punish true heroics in action. Therefore, protecting themselves by sacrificing a young man’s future.
Which, in my humble opinion, is true cowardice in action.