On pen and paper, the US allows for more freedoms than other European countries. I was once arrested for "Disturbing Schools" after I was drawn out of my class

On pen and paper, the US allows for more freedoms than other European countries. I was once arrested for "Disturbing Schools" after I was drawn out of my class for violating my school's dress code because I was cold and chose to wear a sweater that wasn't "school approved", as in it wasn't purchased from the school store an one of their approved retailers. The vice-principal tried sending me to detention for this "offense", but when I refused and returned to my class, I was arrested by the school's embedded police officer and taken to the county jail where I spent the day in lockup with myriad actual criminals (I was 17 at the time, thus qualified as an adult) until the judge released me on my own recognizance. I eventually got off with having to pay some ridiculous fine, perform community service, and undergo criminal counseling. Of course in the lovely state in which I reside, "criminal counseling" actually turned out to be a driver's education course. It seems in this country, it doesn't matter if you violated the law. They will find one that vaguely fits the bill and contort your actions to have violated the law. Perhaps it is a "grass is always greener" mentality, but I have to hope that other modern nations are not as distorted.