This week, our partners,
the Drug Policy Alliance, have mailed a letter to the Superintendents of 20 Riverside County school districts, along with a copy of the recent Rolling Stone investigative piece about our son,
The Entrapment of Jesse Snodgrass.
We are certain that the Riverside County Sheriff's Department's annual 21 Jump Street style dog and pony show, which accomplishes nothing more than destroying lives, will now be dead in the water.
We are asking you to download the letter - click here to do so - and share it everywhere. Share it with your school district's superintendent. Share it with your school board members. Share it with your principals. Share it with your PTA. Share it with your city officials. And when you do so, share the Rolling Stone article as well.
The day is coming where legislation will permanently end undercover drug stings in schools, but until then, this is how we can make them stop immediately. Any administrator who reads the letter will understand the risks to their students, and the potential liability to their school districts and to themselves.
Click the image below to enlarge page 1 of the letter. Click here to view the entire letter.
Here is how you can help
We recently filed a lawsuit against the Temecula Valley Unified School District, Director of Child Welfare and Attendance Michael Hubbard and Director of Special Education Kimberly Velez. We believe that by making our son’s story public, and by holding the school district accountable through highly visible legal action, we have the opportunity to make what happened in Temecula so well known that when school districts are approached by law enforcement, offering to bring undercover drug stings to their campuses, school administrators will think twice.
Our legal expenses in this effort are significant, so your donation to the Snodgrass Legal Fund will be appreciated.
Also, sign the petition to permanently end undercover drug stings in schools.
Make this story public, share it in every corner
An abuser relies on the secrecy of their behavior for empowerment. Once their abusive behavior is exposed, their ability to continue abusing is threatened.
Remember what the adults who were involved in this forgot...these are children.