Criminal Justice [1st Period, Tuesday

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," V greeted quietly from the shadows when everyone had arrived. "Today we shall discuss the Judicial system of the United States, as well as due process."

He continued on in a low voice for a few minutes, hitting high points like the Miranda warning, trial by jury and the fifth amendment to the United States' Constitution, and stressing the fact that while their homes may be found in other places, the States is their home for the time being and thus is the system with which to chiefly concern themselves.

"However," V continued, "there are very definitely two sides to the law, and at least two parties to consider. Hence...we're going to engage in an activity."

He gestured expansively. "One half of you will be criminals who have been apprehended for a crime of your choosing. The rest of you will be the arresting officers, of sorts. Accused students? You are to attempt to escape arrest via whatever means necessary - nonviolent, please, but lying, cheating, conniving, negotiating...all of these are encouraged. And arrestors? You are to be fair, but stand by your principles and do your best to keep them from escaping, please."

He glanced at the roster for scarcely a second before saying, "If your surname, or only name if you have a single name, ends in an N or an R, you are a criminal. The rest of you are officers. Please pair up."

[Wait for OCD, plz OCD up! I am crashing very soon, will be around late morning/early afternoon EDT and then steadily through the day. But this is pretty much student/student interaction, so have fun, guys.

ETA: Due to various things, we're shorter on cops than we are on robbers. So extra robbers, please team up, or crash a thread to help one of the others escape. My apologies for apparently not being able to count or something.]

Comments

Pair up! [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

And try to escape, or foil said attempts to escape!

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely was oddly amused by the fact he had to be a cop. He looked around for a partner and felt mild regret that Pevensie ended in an E.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[demonbelthazor]

"Oh, this is going to easy," Bel said, smirking. He looked over at Seely. "Wanna arrest me, officer?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[socksofcool.livejournal.com]

Seely smirked back. "And me without my handcuffs."

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna waited for a criminal to pair up with. Faithful took a nap on her desk.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[can_be_more]

Aeryn really doesn't like having to be the criminal, but it's the assignment. "Are you apprehending?" she asks Alanna.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Yup. Are you a criminal?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[multiplez]

Okay, so she was a cop. She could do this. And she used to be on the other side of it, so surely she could, like, predict what her partner was doing or something. Once she got a partner.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge raises an eyebrow at Z. And yeah, he cracks the tiniest bit of an amused smile. Because come *on*.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[multiplez]

"Somehow, I would've expected this to be the other way around," Z said with a grin.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter could handle being a bobby. As long as he didn't have to wear the hat.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[whitedeathpod.livejournal.com]

"Hey Peter," John says, walking over. "Wanna partner up?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Peter replied with a grin. "Are you a criminal?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack eyed the rest of the class, waiting to see who wanted to be apprehended by him - and he wasn't smirking at all when he thought that - and what they were going to come up with as a crime.

He hoped it was something interesting.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler glanced over at Jack. "Want to be my cop?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Absolutely." Jack grinned. "Consider yourself nabbed. What did you do?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky was a cop. Yay! He waited for a criminal to taunt.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter was a criminal. This would be fun.

"I didn't do it."

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Did too."

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy was completely not pouting over being a criminal. Nope, not at all.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

"Gotcha," Alec said, approaching Teddy with a smirk. "Right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you, right to an attorney, blah blah. Any questions?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[proudsidekick.livejournal.com]

Layla found it extremely fitting that she had to be a cop, and she grinned as she waited for a "criminal" to come along.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[forgottenpants]

Ah. And Pete was also well familiar with tactics of escape. He started looking around, though not for a partner to pretend to arrest him. He was looking around for a convenient window, preferably one he didn't have to file the bars off of with the handle of a spoon.

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean looked around for a partner but there didn't seem to be any cops left.

"Does this mean I never got caught in the first place?"

Re: Pair up! [09/12/06]

[victimorvillain.livejournal.com]

V sighed behind his mask, and said, "Band together. Help out another criminal. They often work in teams."