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Armed Police Storm School in Drugs Raid
By Mark Sage, PA News, in New York
Armed police stormed a high school and ordered children to the floor at gunpoint so they could conduct a drugs search, it emerged today,
Officers ran into the South Carolina school, screaming at pupils to lie face down, before rifling through their bags.
Students who did not do as they were told were handcuffed.
Parents were outraged at the raid, but principal George McCrackin said he would ?utilise whatever forces that I deem necessary? to keep drugs out of the school.
Stratford High School in Goose Creek has 2,700 pupils but does not have a reputation for drugs or crime.
During the raid a sniffer dog found traces of substances in 12 bags, but no drugs were recovered.
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But Mr McCrackin denied the raid was an over-reaction.
He said: ?I?m sure it was an inconvenience to those individuals who were on that hallway. But I think there?s a valuable experience there.?
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Stratford High (9-12)
951 Crowfield Blvd.
Goose Creek, SC 29445
George McCrackin, Principal
843-820-4000
http://www.berkeley.k12.sc.us/HIGH/SHS/Adm/Adm.htm
Goose Creek Police Department
Chief Harvey Becker
Captain Yvonne Turner (AM)
PO Drawer 1768
Goose Creek, SC, 29445
Office (843) 863-5200 ext 308
Fax (843) 863-5203
http://www.musc.edu/scpac/goosecreekpd.htm
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