Florence student suspended over picture of gun

[n2sooners]

FLORENCE, AZ - A high school student in Florence said he has been suspended because of a picture of a gun.

Daniel McClaine Jr., a freshman at Poston Butte High School, said he saved the picture as his desktop background on his school-issued computer.

A teacher noticed it and turned him in.

The picture shows an AK-47 on top of a flag.

McClaine said the school initially suspended him for three days Friday.

Since the laptop belongs to the school, the district policy states students are prohibited from “sending or displaying offensive messages or pictures,” and cannot access, send, create or forward pictures that are considered “harassing, threatening, or illegal.”

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Anyone else ever feel like you are having a bazaar dream and you will soon wake up to a world where sanity has returned?

 

[Cjt1983]

That sounds majorly retarded

 

[LightningCrash]

This shouldn't have gone past "Daniel, change your background to something else."

 

[Drebin]

So let's not have computers then because apparently you can be offended by any picture on there and immediately get someone suspended. This is stupid. There is nothing “harassing, threatening, or illegal.” about a gun on a flag.

 

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Anyone else ever feel like you are having a bazaar dream and you will soon wake up to a world where sanity has returned?

I seriously dont see sanity being restored unfortunately. We are stuck in this nightmare

 

[twoguns?]

So let's not have computers then because apparently you can be offended by any picture on there and immediately get someone suspended. This is stupid. There is nothing “harassing, threatening, or illegal.” about a gun on a flag.

I feel threatened and harassed by this comment, and it Could be Illegal


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