School sued over strip search

Schools never fucking learn, do they?

A high school in Chicago is now facing a lawsuit because an off-duty policewoman working as a guard there reportedly strip-searched 3 students on orders of the principal. The school had accused the 3 girls of being in possession of a lighter that was used to torch a boys' restroom. (The suit is being filed by the parents of 2 of the girls.)

How could 3 students be in possession of the same lighter at the same time?

And why the shit do our schools need guards now? I graduated from an inner-city high school in 1992, and we didn't have guards and metal detectors (despite the media's absurd claim that the crime rate was higher then). Did America lose a - ah, never mind.

Even if the cop found a lighter, how do they know it's the same lighter that started the fire? Do schools these days think they're as omniscient as they are omnipotent?

How do we know a school official didn't start the fire just to frame the students?

In Illinois, state law doesn't even allow strip searches of adults who are being arrested, except under very limited circumstances. So why would anyone think the law allows strip searches in school? Or is this yet another exhibit in the "rights aren't for kids lololololol" department?

(Source: http://chicagoist.com/2009/01/09/parents_sue_after_kids_allegedly_st.php;
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-strip-search-suitjan09,0,3819818.story;
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/1369282,CST-NWS-aspira09.article)