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Edgewood Middle School in Trenton, Ohio, suspended a student for 10 days after he simply “liked” an Instagram photo of an airsoft gun. Airsoft guns shoot nonlethal plastic pellets, usually with compressed air or springs.

According to WBRC-TV, Zachary Bowlin reportedly used his phone to “like” the photo while off of school grounds, outside of school hours, and didn’t leave a comment. Regardless, his parents received a suspension notice in the mail that read, “The reason for the intended suspension is as follows: Liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence.”

“I was livid, I mean, I’m sitting here thinking ‘you just suspended him for 10 days for ‘liking’ a picture of a gun on a social media site,” his father, Marty Bowlin said. “He never shared, he never commented, he never made a threatening post… anything on the site, just liked it.”

Zachary said he “liked” the photo at around 8 p.m. at night, and the following morning he was called into the office where office administrators patted him down, and checked him for weapons.

The family reported, however, that since receiving the notice, the suspension has been dropped, and Zachary will not suffer any repercussions for liking the photo of an airsoft gun on Instagram.

On Friday, the school sent out an email to parents, saying:

“Yesterday evening school officials were made aware to an alleged threat of a student bringing a gun to school. We act on any potential threat to student safety swiftly and with the utmost importance. This morning, the alleged threat was addressed and we can assure you that all students at Edgewood Middle School are safe and school will continue as normal. Thank you. [sic]”

Superintendent Russ Fussnecker sent a statement to WBRC defending the school’s actions and stating that the school has a “zero tolerance policy” for any inappropriate behavior, including “misbehavior” that occur off school property.

From WBRC:

“Concerning the recent social media posting of a gun with the caption “Ready”, and the liking of this post by another student, the policy at Edgewood City Schools reads as follows:

The Board has a “zero tolerance” of violent, disruptive, harassing, intimidating, bullying, or any other inappropriate behavior by its students.

Furthermore, the policy states:

Students are also subject to discipline as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct that occurs off school property when the misbehavior adversely affects the educational process.

As the Superintendent of the Edgewood City Schools, I assure you that any social media threat will be taken serious including those who “like” the post when it potentially endangers the health and safety of students or adversely affects the educational process.”

WBRC FOX6 News – Birmingham, AL

Similar stories are popping up in various parts of the country. A family is pressing charges after they were forced to withdraw their 16-year-old daughter from school before she could be expelled after she was caught with a water gun at her school.

A recent case in California occurred last week where four students are being suspended for activity on their private social media accounts. The students from Albany High School, outside of San Francisco, are currently facing disciplinary actions for liking or commenting on a racially charged drawing on social media. The students’ attorney argued that this would be no different than sharing private drawings at home and showing friends.

http://www.theblaze.com/news/2...photo-of-a-fake-gun/

Link to the local Fox station story:
http://www.wbrc.com/story/3535...-of-gun-on-instagram
 
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Insanity. Need selective comet strike on the liberals Wink

Pray this PC BS is addressed to some degree in next few years and begins to swing the other way. Problem is - this represents a public school system that has become populated by self-serving, liberal democrat robots who's only original idea involved putting butter on toast.





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Everyone involved in that at the school needs to lose their job, have their house burned down and then be thrown from a helicopter at 1,000 feet. They are destroying this nation with shit like this.


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The Board has a “zero tolerance” of violent, disruptive, harassing, intimidating, bullying, or any other inappropriate behavior by its students.



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As much as I like you guys it's time to shut down the fucking internet. I mean it. The amount of insanity that can be traced back to the group think created by this unintentional shitstorm of continuous information and media saturation will end us all


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Unfortunately this is the normal knee jerk response and it is seldom correct.

The issue here is not the internet, it is zero tolerance policies that are taken to extremes due to fear, misunderstanding, and a complete lack of sound judgement.

The clause in the Student Code of Conduct that states that it can be applied to off campus or out of school activities should be relegated to extreme circumstances. Jumping over the cliff at the mere mention or sight of what 'might' be a firearm is irresponsible and should be dealt with. Can you imagine a 16 year old getting expelled for posting a FB picture of his/her first deer with rifle/shotgun in hand as a terrorist threat?

This is nothing more than poor judgement on the part of the school administration and should be taken as a lesson for all as how not to handle a situation.




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Not knowing how 'Instagram' works - how did the school know the boy 'liked' something?



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It appears that the school has a zero tolerance policy on common sense.




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What a bunch of shit. I think the student has the right to express his 1st amendment rights, even if it supports the 2nd amendment. He didn't threaten anyone, so where's the problem?
 
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Blaming the internet is like blaming guns. It's not the media, it's the idiots.
 
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I'll bet this guy never got picked on in school and doesn't have a gigantic chip on his shoulder.


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“The reason for the intended suspension is as follows: Liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence.”

I wonder if you can get expelled for liking a picture of a girl? There's potential for prostitution there ya know...
 
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Not knowing how 'Instagram' works - how did the school know the boy 'liked' something?

I guess they're wisely spending taxpayer dollars by employing someone to spend all their time surfing facebook, instagrm, and what have you.

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When it goes far enough that people can pry into our social networking and penalize us for our first amendment freedom of speech then it's time to start shutting some liberal institutes down or at least replacing the ones in charge.

I have had it with people spying one me and others just cause they can and they think they have a right to do it without and consequences.


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Everyone involved in that at the school needs to lose their job, have their house burned down and then be thrown from a helicopter at 1,000 feet. They are destroying this nation with shit like this.


Stickman, had one too many Redbulls again. I think this is just a bit over the top.

400 feet is much more reasonable.



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I'll bet this guy never got picked on in school and doesn't have a gigantic chip on his shoulder.


Googled his pic. Dumb jock.
 
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