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Clarksville, Tennessee Student Suspended For Knife In Father's Car

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn - A high school student in Montgomery County has been suspended after school officials found a knife inside his father's car.
David Duren-Sanner should be spending his time going through college and scholarship applications this time of year.
Instead, he's wondering if he'll even be able to graduate after what hundreds of people are calling an overreaction to a mistake.
On Thursday, Duren-Sanner, a senior at Northeast High School drove his father's car to school. During a random lockdown, his car was chosen to be searched.
Duren-Sanner gave permission because he said he had nothing to hide.
His father is a commercial fisherman on the West Coast and had apparently left a fishing knife in the car. Duren-Sanner's father said it might have been wedged between one of the seats.
Duren-Sanner said he told school officials and the Sheriff's department the car was his father's and he didn't know the knife was in it.
"He's like 'it doesn't matter it was in your possession anyway,'" Duren-Sanner said.
School officials suspended him for 10 days, the maximum allowed under school policy, and then he was reprimanded to attend 90 days at an alternative school.
Peggy Duren is Duren-Sanner's grandmother whom he lives with. She said she tried explaining the knife didn't belong to her grandson, but claims school officials wouldn't listen.
"Unfortunately (the vice principal) said that's the way it is now: Guilty until proven innocent. It's part of this zero tolerance policy," she said."
Duren-Sanner has an appeal hearing on Wednesday with the school board.
If his punishment is upheld, Duren-Sanner will not be able to attend prom, his JROTC ball or walk at graduation. His family said it's unclear whether he'll be able to graduate at all.
Duren said her grandson has a 3.0 grade point average, is on the honor roll and he has never even been sent to the principal's office She said scholarship applications have stopped since it is unclear what her grandson's future is.
Duren-Sanner also faces weapons charges with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department.
A petition has garnered more than 600 signatures in support of Duren-Sanner. The petition urges school officials to drop all charges against him, end his suspension and not punish him for days missed.

Repeated requests for comment from the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System were not responded to.

[itchypickle]

I'm sure it'll be worked out and nothing will come of this. All at the discretion of the local DA.

[peppermillrick]

At least the kid learned to NEVER give permission for cops to search his or his dad's car.

[Stocks]

WTF why did they search his car? I can searching a locker or something in school but to go out to the parking lot and randomly search cars is crazy. America the land of the free.

[Kermit]

I guess you got to make an example out of someone.

[ByeShea]

Fuk this kid, law is the law. Drive with knives - deal with it.

What if he was a total punk and it was still his dad's knife and the punk had no idea it was in the car - what then? Do we feel sorry for the misunderstanding - or do we laugh and say he had it coming?

Running to the media like a b*tch, that's no way to live. And I learned long ago that most who run to the media to tell their side of the story only are full of it.

[peppermillrick]

Fuk this kid, law is the law. Drive with knives - deal with it.

What if he was a total punk and it was still his dad's knife and the punk had no idea it was in the car - what then? Do we feel sorry for the misunderstanding - or do we laugh and say he had it coming?

Running to the media like a b*tch, that's no way to live. And I learned long ago that most who run to the media to tell their side of the story only are full of it.

Yeah! Penetrate that kid. No high school graduation, no college, screw his ROTC and dreams of military service...next stop...County Jail for this honor student loser! Maybe someone there can teach him how to be a real criminal. The guy was an idiot for giving the cops permission to search his dad's car...he should of told them to take a flying leap off the nearest pier. If I was a student at that Reinhard Heydrich High School, I would be parking my car off-campus.

[KingJD31]

I carry a knife in my pocket every day, no idea this was illegal

[KingJD31]

Blades longer then 4" in ny are illegal. Never knew that

[peppermillrick]

I got a couple machetes in the trunk.