8th Grader Suspended and Arrested After Wearing Gun T-Shirt to School

WOWKTV.com has
the
report:

When 8th grade Jared Marcum got dressed for school this morning
he says he had no idea that his pro-Second Amendment shirt would
initiate what he calls a fight over his First Amendment rights.
[...]

It was the image of a gun printed on Jared’s t-shirt that
sparked a dispute between a Logan Middle School teacher and Jared,
that ended with Jared suspended, arrested and facing two charges,
obstruction and disturbing the education process, on his otherwise
spotless record. [...]

The Logan County School District’s dress code policy prohibits
clothing that displays profanity, violence, discriminatory messages
and more but nowhere in the document does it say anything about gun
images.

“He did not violate any school policy,” [Jared’s father Allen]
Lardieri reiterates.  ”He did not become aggressive.”

Video at
the link. Via the Twitter feed of Radley
Balko.

2013-04-19 10:30:18

Source: http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/19/8th-grader-suspended-and-arrested-after