>>DeRue remembered her unloaded hunting rifle in the trunk of her car and promptly informed school officials. <<
There is the problem. She trusted them. They keep proving to be the enemy. It is amazing how people just don’t get it. You NEVER cooperate with the cops beyond what you are required.
If they come to your door, even if you KNOW you are innocent of anything, and politely ask to look around, ALWAYS require a search warrant. Politely, of course.
People do not grasp that the job of the cops is LITERALLY to gain any evidence against you, whoever you are. Their job is to root out and prosecute crime. If this girl had not said anything and the dog found the gun, her position would be no worse than it is now, and she fell for the ol’ “just cooperate and everything will be ok here. Shucks, we’re all just regular folks here” line the police give.
The police are not bad people. They are just the front line to a bad system. It is not personal to them, no matter how they make it sound that way. Don’t let it be personal to you. They mean business. That is why they wear guns.
Amen, brother.
She then files sexual assault charges against anyone who played hands in the pants. That's a felony and they have to register as sex offenders. She bags about a dozen during any school year. She charges at least 50. The wealthier families pay their way out, some as much as $30,000 in attorney fees.