Student Charged After Refusing To Remove NRA Shirt

[Rommon64]

1st amendment is really shaking these days. I'm not sure how westboro really gets away with it. I've seen police get involved over yelling fights calling it disturbing the peace. How is that same church not disturbing the peace?

Almost every member is a lawyer who became one just to defend the 'church'.

[Anakso]

Odd... I've made my opinions known about rules before (going along with the punishment, of course) and came out fine. The trick is to be calm about the damn thing.

No free speech doesn't mean you'll be punished for saying anything, it just means it's not a right and they can punish you if they want.
Which is true I assume, not being an American or going to an American school I don't know but I assume you can get detention and similar things for words.

O.T
What I don't understand is why the police were even called. They could just give him detention, I really don't understand why the police were involved.

[Tradewind]

This happened last week, if he was loud/violent it would of been said all ready.

so it's a week old and nothing new has come of it. Sounds to me like a non-issue...

[Promark]

http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalR...peechMean.aspx

Freedom of speech does not include the right:

• To incite actions that would harm others (e.g. “[S]hout[ing] ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.”).
  Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).
• To make or distribute obscene materials.
  Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
• To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest.
  United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968).
• To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
  Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
• Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event.
  Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
• Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event.
  Morse v. Frederick, __ U.S. __ (2007).

This seems to fall in line with other rulings as long as the school administration said it was obscene. Considering the stance schools have had with guns lately, I'd say that isn't too far of a stretch. So no, it was not oppressing the students 1st amendment rights.

[Deleted]

Wrong. You don't have first amendment rights in school.

Ex. Westboro can spew their hateful shit in public, but try taking a sign "GOD HATES <*>" to school and watch the results.

So breaking school rules is a crime now ? Damn, I'm glad I don't live in the US.

[Tradewind]

Considering the arresting officer said that he wasn't arrested for wearing the t-shirt...I'd say this topic (and not surprisingly most news article headlines) are pretty misleading.

[Elegiac]

Considering the arresting officer said that he wasn't arrested for wearing the t-shirt...I'd say this topic (and not surprisingly most news article headlines) are pretty misleading.

Similar to how there was this big blowout about a kid who got arrested for having American flags on the back of his car. Turns out the flags were ridiculously big and thus a driving hazard.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

"A West Virginia student was charged with causing a disruption at a middle school when he refused to remove a T-shirt that displayed the National Rifle Association's logo and hunting rifle."

He probably did something stupid like teenagers tend to do. It's just another story being fished out of nothing.

The Huffington Post is a news site that will not always have the same people writing. Those people will bend the story for their audience

[Rukentuts]

So breaking school rules is a crime now ? Damn, I'm glad I don't live in the US.

Disorderly conduct is a crime.

[Every Pwny]

Disorderly conduct is a crime.

So it was disorderly conduct? Like what was he doing?

[Vyxn]

http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalR...peechMean.aspx


This seems to fall in line with other rulings as long as the school administration said it was obscene. Considering the stance schools have had with guns lately, I'd say that isn't too far of a stretch. So no, it was not oppressing the students 1st amendment rights.

And why do schools have a stance on guns why do they have the stance that guns are obscene ? we send our kids to be educated not propagandized by one sides beliefs

[Gemini Soul]

Considering the arresting officer said that he wasn't arrested for wearing the t-shirt...I'd say this topic (and not surprisingly most news article headlines) are pretty misleading.

Of course the officer would say it wasn't about the shirt, and it wasn't. He was arrested because the officer did what the principal/teacher wanted, the kid wasn't violent the officer should of told them to call his parents and left.

[Elegiac]

And why do schools have a stance on guns why do they have the stance that guns are obscene ? we send our kids to be educated not propagandized by one sides beliefs

Public education is by nature a form of propaganda.

Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you.

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Of course the officer would say it wasn't about the shirt, and it wasn't. He was arrested because the officer did what the principal/teacher wanted, the kid wasn't violent the officer should of told them to call his parents and left.

Should have.

Also, I'd like to read more on this case before passing judgment. Or rather, before agreeing with you.

[Rukentuts]

And why do schools have a stance on guns why do they have the stance that guns are obscene ? we send our kids to be educated not propagandized by one sides beliefs

God forbid school officials have a fear of things they and their students are shot up with.

[Tradewind]

Of course the officer would say it wasn't about the shirt, and it wasn't. He was arrested because the officer did what the principal/teacher wanted, the kid wasn't violent the officer should of told them to call his parents and left.

You don't know that he wasn't violent/aggressive beyond the kid's word.

[Anakso]

Disorderly conduct is a crime.

But that still doesn't explain why the police came.
The only time the police ever came to my high school was if drugs were found, which happened once that I can remember in my five years there. Nothing else would cause the police to be called because the school system could handle the rest internally, whether that be fighting, yelling, vandalism, or refusing to meet school code.

If he refused to take the shirt off, he'd get detention, and if he refused to show up to detention because of some idea of free speech then he'd get suspended, if he kept it up he'd eventually get expelled. But no part of that needs police involvement. That's just escalating the situation more than it needs to be.

[Vyxn]

Public education is by nature a form of propaganda.

Not necessarily a bad thing, mind you.

depends if you agree with the propaganda or not

[Rukentuts]

Of course the officer would say it wasn't about the shirt, and it wasn't. He was arrested because the officer did what the principal/teacher wanted, the kid wasn't violent the officer should of told them to call his parents and left.

Technically if you don't abide by school policies, you need to leave. The student wasn't doing so.

If he refused to take the shirt off, he'd get detention, and if he refused to show up to detention because of some idea of free speech then he'd get suspended, if he kept it up he'd eventually get expelled. But no part of that needs police involvement. That's just escalating the situation more than it needs to be.

In my school if you refused to abide by the dress code and didn't change you were asked to leave.

[Elegiac]

But that still doesn't explain why the police came.
The only time the police ever came to my high school was if drugs were found, which happened once that I can remember in my five years there. Nothing else would cause the police to be called because the school system could handle the rest internally, whether that be fighting, yelling, vandalism, or refusing to meet school code.

If he refused to take the shirt off, he'd get detention, and if he refused to show up to detention because of some idea of free speech then he'd get suspended, if he kept it up he'd eventually get expelled. But no part of that needs police involvement. That's just escalating the situation more than it needs to be.

They do things a bit differently here in the US. In a lot of districts, there's usually a police officer that's stationed at a school; a positive since it enables a quick response to situations and also helps build a relationship between the cops and their community in a positive capacity.

[Rukentuts]

depends if you agree with the propaganda or not

Should we just start with the Rick Santorum quotes now or later?