Police Raid School With Guns Drawn

A dozen officers in Goose Creek, South Carolina stormed through the halls of

Stratford High School with guns drawn, forcing 107 students to lay on the

floor and submit to a drug dog search. Students were commanded to get on their

knees with their hands behind their head, students who did not respond quick

enough were put into handcuffs. One student said, "I thought one of the guns was

going to go off and shoot or kill somebody, so I just got down to my knees and

covered my head for protection."

The scene, which looks more like Iraq than a high school, was captured by the

school surveillance cameras and then broadcast by the media. The raid was an

attempt to find marijuana, but no drugs were found. One student said: "They

would go put a gun up to them and push them against the wall and they would like

take their bookbags."

Parents were outraged at the raid, but principal George McCrackin said he

would “utilize whatever forces that I deem necessary” to keep drugs out of the

school. State police are now investigating the incident.

Stratford High School Principal George McCrackin

GeorgeMcCrackin@Berkeley.k12.sc.us

Goose Creek, SC Chief of Police Harvey Becker

hbecker@cityofgoosecreek.com

Goose Creek, SC Assistant Chief of Police Tracy "Ski" Tokarsky

dtokarsky@cityofgoosecreek.com