Contrary to some reports you may have heard, the Rev. William Barber, head of the state NAACP, has not been barred from going on Wake County school system property as a result of last week's arrest.
Greg Thomas, a Wake schools' spokesman, said people are not automatically banned from school property if they're arrested on trespassing charges. He said today no decision had been made yet on whether to bar Barber or any of the other three people who were arrested at last week's school board meeting.
It wouldn't be unprecedented to issue those trespassing notices.
The three people arrested at the March 23 school board meeting have received notices warning they'll be arrested if they show up again on school system property. The notices went out even though their court cases haven't been adjudicated yet.
What may be slowing down the decision with Barber is that Russ Smith, Wake's senior director for school security, was out last week.
In the case of two of the people arrested last week, activist Mary Williams and the Rev. Nancy Petty, the price would be higher if they got trespassed. A trespassing notice would block them from visiting their children's schools.
Comments
Wait? Why hasn't this been
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 23:04 — aquaman4life68Wait? Why hasn't this been decided on Barber...but has on the other 3????Makes no sense and things like this just pi$$es me off royally! There shouldn't be a delay, he should have got the same penality at the same time as the other 3!
WCPSS Security better step up to the plate and beat around the bush much on things like this. They should be protecting all employees of the system!
No decision was made when I
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 23:10 — KeungHui (author)No decision was made when I last checked today about anyone arrested last week. The three people who got trespassing notices were arrested three months ago in March.
Keung question?
Tue, 06/22/2010 - 10:29 — DrActualFactualWhen the 30-year old guy went into Ligon MS to sell drugs and get caught, I would think he was arrested and charged with something like criminal trespass, possession of drugs with intent to distribute or something similar. I assume he left handcuffed with a Raleigh Police officer. How is that different than Barber and the others trespassing on school grounds, leaving in handcuffs with city police and local media had tv coverage at the booking area of what I assume was the police station. I would think that in both of these cases the people breaking the law would not be allowed on WCPSS property of any kind. Isn't it more a function of police/legal jurisdiction not private WCPSS security? Keung, anyone--please clarify.
Actions have consequences.
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 20:22 — woodstockActions have consequences. If anyone else pulled the antics that Barber, Petty and Tyson did, they would be barred from school property. In fact, they would also very likely be charged with more than trespassing for taking over the BoE member's seats. That crossed the line from protest to harassing and threatening behavior.
Don't know how they can't
Mon, 06/21/2010 - 17:46 — Bob_SconceIt would be wholly inconsistent to treat these four any differently than the other three, and that inconsistency could get the district into more trouble.