More great news from the Educational Industrial Complex:

Justin Cox, ten, a student at Union Elementary School in Clinton, was ordered to strip to his T-shirt and boxer shorts on June 1 after a girl student accused him of taking $20, WRAL TV reported.

He told his mom Clarinda Cox that a girl dropped the cash and he picked it up and returned it to her.

She told the TV station, “If I felt he needed to be searched, I would have brought him into the bathroom. You could have had a witness in the bathroom with me. I would have searched my son.”

Female assistant principal, Teresa Holmes, did not find the money, and hugged Justin and apologized to him afterwards, she claimed.

I hope she waited until he put his pants back on.

Over the top?

No:

“She came up to him and rubbed her fingers around inside of his underwear,” Cox said. “If that isn’t excessively intrusive, I don’t know what is.”

Who is training these people? In what world is strip searching a third grader the logical choice?

Welcome to the police state, Justin. Now drop your pants. Your rights are worth less than $20.

Unreal.