An update on
Mark Betterson, the student athlete in Florida who received a
10-day suspension for intervening in a fight whose instigator was
charged criminally,
via the local NBC affiliate:
An East Lee County High School student, who was facing
suspension and possible expulsion for hitting a fellow student,
attended a punishment hearing Monday morning. Now, Mark Betterson
says he will be allowed to return to school Tuesday. His
punishment?… Despite claims of good intentions on Betterson’s part for jumping
to the student’s defense, the principal reminded students rules
were broken.
The kind of zero tolerance policies that don’t distinguish
between aggression and self-defense protect school administrators
from having to make decisions and judgment calls which could be
second-guessed or even pilloried. Even where such policies reflect
the kinds of laws that exist outside of school, they don’t respect
the right to self-defense that precedes and trumps them.
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