The clever school police officer tripped over the body in the broom closet right before the science fair.


Officer Cody Sutton stood at the bottom of the main staricase, picking his ear. He was watching the multitude of students run to their classes or their cars to skip those classes. Nasty little brats, he thought. At least twice a month he had to fill out an enormous pile of paperwork for arresting a kid, and more often than not, their parents would barge into his office threatening legal action. Damn dirty stupid little rich white bastards! he thought angrily again, or maybe he even muttered it, for a teacher slid him a sidelong glance that looked startled. The bell rang. Most of those dawlding students started to jog to the doors. It was funny to watch: the boys grabbed the tops of their pants and held them in place so they wouldn't fall any further down over their ass, as if they weren't far down enough, and the girls ran as fast as they could without lifting up thier feet while keeping their hair and jewelry perfect. Sutton shook his head at the tardies and walked off towards his office. Sitting there in handcuffs was one of those hardcore punk types, complete with chains on his ripped up Tripp pants and studded bracelets and belt, all thrown mismatched onto his body. Finishing this ensemble was a green and black mohawk. He looked up at Officer Sutton through eyes heavy with thick black eyeliner, and then looked down into his lap. Sutton thought to himself how lucky his parents were to have raised this fine young man, sitting here in handcuffs. His parents must be kicking themselves, asking where they went wrong.
"This one was smoking marijuana in the woods," said the other officer, Janeen Silvas. "He was trying to evade arrest. His parents are on their way."
"Wonderful. Just wonderful. You've already got his statment?"
"Yeah. Here it is," Officer Silvas tossed the statment onto Sutton's desk.
"It's blank."
"He didn't say anything except that he pleads the 5th."
Sutton sighed and sat down at his desk and searched for the release form for the parents amid foot-high piles of other forms and assorted papers.