Article from Reason by Robby Soave.
Two male students at Lacey Township High School in New Jersey posted photos of guns on Snapchat. One of the boys captioned his photo with “hot stuff” and “if there’s ever a zombie apocalypse, you know where to go.”
The photos were not taken at school. They were not taken during school hours. They did not reference a school. They auto-deleted after 24 hours, which was well before the school became aware of them. And yet, administrators at Lacey Township High School suspended the boys for three days, and also gave them weekend detention.
This was a clear violation of the students’ First Amendment rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union has now filed suit.
“Young people have the right to express themselves, and, with rare exceptions, they shouldn’t face punishment by school administrators for it,” said C.J. Griiffin, a partner at the law firm Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, who is representing the students along with the ACLU.
Read the entire article Reason.
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WE USED TO GO CAMPING IN LACY TWP IN THE 70s . WE BROUGHT 45 ACP ,9MM 22s HANDGUNS AND SHOTGUNS !! THE PARKWAY WE COULD SEE IN THE DISTANCE. STATE TROOPERS WERE CAMPING NEXT TO US. NOT A WORD WAS SAID BY THE NJ TROOPERS !! IN FACT THEY JOINED US IN SHOOTING !! THE CAMPGROUND WAS ON A LAKE. I WOULDNT GO TO JERSEY NOW !! IT’S LIKE THE OLD SOVIET UNION !! ILL TAKE SEMI-FREE NC NOW AND THE GUBMINT IS SOMEWHAT PRO 2 ND AMENDMENT BUT THAT WILL CHANGE FOR THE WORSE TOO !!
I do hope they win this lawsuit, but the problem is the suit is against the school ISD. Included in this should be the individuals who decided to put the boys on detention. If these lawsuits start getting PERSONAL with the people who make these bad decisions, I would bet you that they will think twice about making crappy decisions like this. That’s the problem with America today, after the Obama years, is that no ONE person is held accountable for their actions, it’s always a school board, a corporation, etc. We need to start suing the people who have contrived these decisions of theirs. For sure, if it were me, I would think twice about a lawsuit against me because of this scenario in the story!!
If I, through the power granted my by a Genie (like is often asked on Quora) for a “Super Power”, number one would be the power to pick up EVERY Control Freak on earth and violently swing him/her/other from side to side like an angry bull elephant does some banana palm branches during ‘that time of the year’. Dead would be the desired result. Dead, dead and harmless. As T. S. Eliot told us “half the harm (later, elsewhere “most”) of the harm done in the earth is by people that want “to feel important”. Well, I would have them be “important” donors to compost heaps. I have zero use or appreciation for living “them”. Dead, I can find uses.
Poor overfished sharks would get a beneficial feeding where ever, when ever, too. Nothing worse that persons that want to run your life. Hey, they hated me first.
Are ALL school personnel in today’s society deaf/dumb/ignorant AND stupid? Who told them they were gods?. Worry about the detriment you are to America’s future population! If you are liberal teaching my kids to hate America..look for a job in Russia or NWO lands.
Wow, the ACLU is actually attempting to protect rights of a pro-2nd amendment student? Normally they only represent leftist causes…