An
unnamed sophomore at South Fayette High School in McDonald,
Pennsylvania, was tired of being bullied every day. His mother thought
he was exaggerating his reports about the treatment he received at
school. So the teenager took matters into his own hands and gathered
evidence by recording an incident on his school iPad. Guess who got into
trouble for that.
Instead of questioning the students
whose voices were recorded, school administrators threatened to charge
him with felony wiretapping before eventually agreeing to reduce the
charge to disorderly conduct. On Wednesday, March 19, the student, whose
name we have agreed to not include in this story, was found guilty of
disorderly conduct by District Judge Maureen McGraw-Desmet.
The
student deleted the recording under orders from school administration,
although his mother had already made a transcript. The alleged bullies
heard on the recording were not disciplined. South Fayette Township
police Lieutenant Robert Kurta defended the charge of disorderly
conduct, saying the student “engaged in actions which served no
legitimate purpose.” The student’s family attorney thinks that
destruction of the evidence may also be a crime.
The unnamed student is appealing his conviction.
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