Casey Garcia posing as her daughter Julie in middle school. Images: screengrabs from YouTube/Casey Garcia
A 30-year-old woman from El Paso, Texas was arrested for conducting a 鈥渟ocial experiment鈥� where she posed as her 13-year-old daughter at school.
Casey Garcia was arrested by local deputies on June 5, on suspicion of criminal trespassing and tampering with government records, as per CBS 12 on the same day.
Prior to her arrest, she showed footage of herself pretending to be her daughter Julie, attending classes and eating at the school鈥檚 cafeteria for her experiment, as seen on her YouTube vlog last Thursday, June 3. She also dressed up as a teenager and talked to some of her daughter鈥檚 classmates.
Garcia managed to get through most of the day without anybody finding out about her bizarre stunt, including the principal who greeted her in the school鈥檚 hallway.
She was caught during her daughter鈥檚 seventh class where she admitted to a female teacher that she came into the school as a 鈥渟ocial experiment.鈥�
Garcia explained that she conducted the 鈥渟ocial experiment鈥� as a way to push for better security in schools, as seen in a follow-up vlog on June 4. She added that when she entered the school, she was only asked for her ID number by the staff and was immediately allowed to enter the premises.
鈥淭he school was so concerned that my phone was out but they weren鈥檛 even paying attention to who I was or what I was doing,鈥� she said. Garcia also noted that teachers in the classes she attended barely had time to help the students who were in classrooms.
鈥淭hey never interacted with me. It was always 鈥楬ey, put your phone away,'鈥� she said. 鈥淭he teachers were so preoccupied with the students that were online that they weren鈥檛 paying attention to the students that were there physically.鈥�
She also stressed that she had no intentions of 鈥渙uting鈥� her daughter鈥檚 school since her concern was a problem in 鈥渁ll schools.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 just this school let me in. I bet you anything, someone else can do this. This is why I did this,聽whether you agree with me or not.鈥� she added.
Garcia also showed a video of police coming to her house on June 5. She appeared calm while talking to the authorities and told them several times that she was not resisting arrest.
鈥淭he superintendent鈥檚 pissed. I said I wasn鈥檛 going to go back on school grounds,鈥� she told police. The video ended with a note from Garcia鈥檚 daughter, telling viewers that her mother was fine after the arrest.
Garcia was also charged for an unrelated traffic warrant. She was held at a local detention facility on a bond of $7,908 (over P377,000). JB
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