... have fallen victim to the misuse of zero tolerance policies and the disproportionate enforcement of harsh penalties. In Palm Beach, Florida school police charged a student with "throwing a deadly missile," - the deadly missile referred to in this case was an egg that the student had thrown on Halloween. What many would consider a common act of minor mischief was in this case ... ...

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