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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on March 11, 2008, 06:53:13 AM
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Boy punished for T-shirt with gun image
LANCASTER, Pa. - The family of a middle school student who was given detention for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a gun has filed a federal freedom of speech lawsuit against the school district.
Donald Miller III, 14, went to Penn Manor High School in December wearing a T-shirt he said was intended to honor his uncle, a U.S. Army soldier fighting in Iraq.
The shirt bears the image of a military sidearm and on the front pocket says "Volunteer Homeland Security." On the back, over another image of the weapon, are the words "Special issue Resident Lifetime License — United States Terrorist Hunting Permit — Permit No. 91101 — Gun Owner — No Bag Limit."
Officials at the Millersville school told him to turn his shirt inside out. When Miller refused, he got two days of detention.
MORE (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/t_shirt_gun)
Zero tolerance, zero intelligence. In this context there should be no problem with the t-shirt. "zero tolerance" removes context and simple, common sense from the schools. :whatever: :banghead:
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I would have been pissed that he was wearing the shirt too. That shirt doesn't belong in school. Terrorists are a group most of us hate, some people hate cops. What if it had said Cop Hunting, No Limit on it?
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I would have been pissed that he was wearing the shirt too. That shirt doesn't belong in school. Terrorists are a group most of us hate, some people hate cops. What if it had said Cop Hunting, No Limit on it?
He wasn't in trouble for a "hate message". He was in trouble because of the image of a gun. I suspect that an image of a gun with no other message would have received the same treatment.