South Carolina high school freshman arrested, suspended for using word ‘gun’ in class assignment
South Carolina high school freshman arrested, suspended for using word gun in class assignment
A South Carolina high school student was arrested and suspended after handing in a class assignment in which he wrote about killing his neighbors pet dinosaur with a gun he purchased to take care of the business.
Freshman Alex Stone said it was only a joke. Hismother, Karen Gray, wasirate he got busted. Gray saidSummerville High School administrators actedrashly when they reported her son tocopslast Tuesday on the second day of school.
I could understand if they made him rewrite it because he did have gun in it. But a pet dinosaur? Gray told CBS affiliate WCSC . I mean first of all, we dont have dinosaurs anymore. Second of all, hes not even old enough to buy a gun.
Alex, 16,got in trouble after he and his classmates were told to write a Facebook-like update about themselves in a few sentences.
I regret it because they put it on my record, but I dont see the harm in it, Alex told the station. I think there might have been a better way of putting it, but I think me writing like that, it shouldnt matter unless I put it out toward a person.
His lawyer, David Aylor, said in a statement Thursday that Alexs arrest is a perfect example of political correctness that has exceeded the boundaries of common sense.
After cops were called they searched Alex's locker and book bag. The schoolsuspended Alex for three days. He returns to schoolMonday.
The Summerville Police Department defended the arrest. They saidAlex wascharged withdisorderly conduct when hebecamedisruptive afterschool officials confronted him about what he wrote.
The charges do not stem from anything involving a dinosaur or writing assignment, but the students conduct, Capt. Jon Rogers said in a statement Thursday, according to WCSC.
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This is a little over the top...IMO...
Hard to decide who's the bigger azzhole here... dimwit school admin who called the cops over a dinosaur story, or knothead cops who arrested the kid for (presumably) throwing a shit-fit when he got suspended for threatening a dinosaur.
That'll teachthe kid to respect authority...
Morons Abound!!!
I think it's a tie...
From the article:
Which leads me to suspect that all involved were a bit rash. The school and the police for reacting as they did to the mention of a gun, theyouth for not behaving in a socially respectable manner, no matter the circumstance.
lol...
Yup, Bro. I'm agreeing with you on that. Both parties overreacted and the kid pays.
Aw, c'mon Bro... Wouldn't you have a hard time not saying "Hey, this is total bullshit!!"?? That's all it'd take to get you busted for being 'disruptive' in the Principal's Office...
Yeah, then he'd have been in real Trouble...
Could have possibly landed in jail!!
I have found that the first person to lose their cool pays the highest price.
hee hee hee. Isn't that true. Also, the first to lose their cool loses the argument.