Courts say Illinois school search infringed on students' rights

March 12, 2001
A federal judge rules that a Marseilles, Ill., police officer violated the constitutional rights of a group of 8th-grade boys when he strip-searched them

A federal judge rules that a Marseilles, Ill., police officer

violated the constitutional rights of a group of 8th-grade boys when he strip-searched them

after gym class two years ago. The officer allegedly ordered some of the boys to drop their pants and checked their underwear for money stolen from their classmates.

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