I would bet this boy had other issues he was dealing with to go so far as to kill himself. Very sad, but I do think this PC Zero tolerance is out of hand. It seems to me boys especially are just not allowed to be boys and grow into real men and that has to be tough.
I guess I do not understand why it was not treated as a prank? Streaking was considered a prank by everyone in the 70s, I thought it was silly and could not imagine why anyone would do it, but no harm came of it that I know of. People laughed and went on with their lives.
The only time I saw anyone punished was one night I was in a bar owned by a tough old gal- some guy streaked out of the men’s room and on to the packed dance floor- the gal that owned the placed grabbed a broom and chased him, swatting him hard over his butt with that broom- until he fled back into the men’s room real quick like.
Maybe the kid had other problems, who knows.
But a 15 year-old being placed on a sex offender registry for STREAKING is a crime.
What other things can put you on a sex offender registry?
Pantsing someone?
Giving someone a wedgie?
Mooning someone?
Snapping a bra strap?
Shoving a fellow student into the girls room?
Giving someone a swirly?
Stealing a girl’s underwear and hoisting it on a flagpole?
A panty raid?
If you are a 25 year-old guy, maybe.
If you are a 15 year old boy with pimples on your face, WTF? God Almighty, didn’t any of these people have a childhood? I either did some of these things as a 15 year-old or had them done to me.
What have we become? This is shameful. A war on boys indeed. That is exactly what it is.