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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/zachary-bowlin-instagram-gun_us_5910b46fe4b0e7021e99e865
An Ohio seventh-grader learned a bizarre lesson after he was suspended for “liking” a photo on Instagram. Zachary Bowlin, who attends Edgewood Middle School in Trenton, was suspended for 10 days after school officials noticed he “liked” a photo of an airsoft gun on the photo-sharing social network Wednesday evening. The photo caption simply said “ready.” “I don’t think I did anything wrong,” Zachary told Columbus station WCMH-TV. But the next morning, school officials called him into the office, patted him down and checked him for weapons. “Then, they told me I was getting expelled or suspended or whatever,” he told the station. The notice sent to Zachary’s parents said he was suspended for “liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence.” The decision angered Marty Bowlin, Zachary’s father. “I was livid, I mean, I’m sitting here thinking, ‘You just suspended him for ten days for liking a picture of a gun on a social media site,” he told WXIX-TV. “He never shared, he never commented, he never made a threatening post … anything on the site, just liked it.” Neither Zachary nor his dad saw anything threatening about the photo. “I mean, I figured he’d cleaned his gun and was ready, wanting to play and stuff,” the teenager told WLWT-TV. Marty Bowlin said he knows the boy who posted the pic. “The young man that posted it and my son, and probably four or five other kids, play airsoft in our field,” he told WLWT. “So I pretty much knew what it was about. So I really wasn’t concerned.” School officials didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from HuffPost as to how they discovered the social media post. This note was sent to parents on Friday: “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” Edgewood City Schools Superintendent Russ Fussnecker also released a statement to news outlets: “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.” School officials lifted Zachary’s suspension after talking with his parents.
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Suspending a kid for liking a social media post might seem a little extreme, but George Washington University Law School Professor Catherine J. Ross said schools have some rights in this regard.
“Schools are allowed to isolate the student while figuring out if there is cause for concern about safety,” Ross told LawNewz.com. “Then, if the inquiry reassures that there is no danger, the student should be reintegrated into his or her academic schedule. So the officials should be applauded for lifting the suspension even if they over-reacted initially. Some school officials just dig their heels in.” Liberal policies, ladies and gentlemen. What's next? Are we going to take out pictures of guns from the history books?
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"We think this kid may be violent with a gun. Let's piss him off!"
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If I was the parent, I don't think I could hold my composure over this. I can't even
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Unbelievably insane how far these radicals have gone. They want to invade every last nook and cranny of a child's privacy to find any reason to punish them in school. Also there is no geographic bounds to this supposed authority. They think because a child is enrolled at a school, anything they do at any time, anywhere, in any place, is fair grounds for the school to scrutinize and possibly discipline them for it. There is literally no escape.
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Caution999 posted...
alleged threat of a student bringing a gun to school. Literally nowhere did it say that. How the f*** could the administration be so illiterate? Either way, I've had this exact scenario happen to me too. Reposted a picture of a gun on my Facebook with the caption "THIS ISN'T ME". Next thing I know, I get suspended for one month out of school because the administration thought I was bringing a gun to school for some s*** reason. Also, because I look Muslim. |
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Puglia77 posted...
Caution999 posted...alleged threat of a student bringing a gun to school. Yeah makes sense, if you were going to bring a gun to school, you totally would have shared it first in Facebook to let everyone know.
PONG WAS REAL? I thought that was just a story parents told kids to scare them
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It's good to see that they lifted the suspension. The problem is that they didn't speak with the student or his parents before they took action in the first place. With all the facts in hand, it's pretty obvious that there was never a threat, but they didn't bother to get the facts first. And the fact that they sent out those letters and raised everyone's alarm over nothing is completely counterproductive to whatever safety measures they thought they were taking.
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Liberal policies I guess it's officially impossible now for us to have discussions on stuff like this without you tools attacking each other's political stance for no reason.
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Kitt posted...
Liberal policies Seriously. These policies piss off 'liberals' too. This is ridiculous.
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Sir Will posted...
Seriously. These policies piss off 'liberals' too. This is ridiculous. s*** like this has been happening since I was in 7th grade at least, so to pretend its "STUPID NEW LIBERAL POLICIES RUINING EVERYTHING! THIS IS WHY TRUMP WON!!! REEEEEEEE!" is intellectually dishonest. But hey, don't let it stop people from turning it into a stupid political b****fest. |
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Questionmarktarius posted...
There's a pretty good chance this 7th-grader isn't 13 yet, thus shouldn't have even had an instagram account. I was 13 when I was in 7th grade.
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DawkinsNumber4 posted...
Questionmarktarius posted...There's a pretty good chance this 7th-grader isn't 13 yet, thus shouldn't have even had an instagram account. He said "yet" Most people are 12-13 in 7th grade
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That s*** happened to me like 9 years ago. Got called into the office and they said they believed I had a gun. They patted me down and searched my locker and everything and said "You hid it well" and suspended me. I guess all it takes is someone to accuse someone.
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Given how much social media activity somehow finds its way back to real life impact lately, it seems like the only smart choice is to separate your "net life" from your "real life". Either way, I definitely glad I'm not in school anymore; I'd probably get accused of occultism for liking a Megaten related post somewhere.
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L0Z posted...
That s*** happened to me like 9 years ago. Got called into the office and they said they believed I had a gun. They patted me down and searched my locker and everything and said "You hid it well" and suspended me. I guess all it takes is someone to accuse someone. Should have sued for defamation and due process violations (14th amendment) assuming it was a public school.
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Kitt posted...
Liberal policies What else do you expect from the TC/LiberalFAQs. |
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stone posted...
Wow seriously? Someone went through the trouble of checking instagram for likes and all that to suspend the kid? Who the hell does that? Losers |
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stone posted...
Wow seriously? Someone went through the trouble of checking instagram for likes and all that to suspend the kid? Who the hell does that? Soon, they will be looking in the kids windows to see what they are watching "We have noticed that your son was watching Pulp Fiction, and are suspending him until we can determine whether or not he is a threat."
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I remember in 2006 when I was a senior in high school, a girl in my class got in trouble for having bikini photos on myspace. Schools looking for things on the Internet is nothing new but this thing is dumb.
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SwordMaster13X posted...
I remember in 2006 when I was a senior in high school, a girl in my class got in trouble for having bikini photos on myspace. Schools looking for things on the Internet is nothing new but this thing is dumb. wtf, was this a religious school?
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Soon that meme of the school being suspended because of a gun shaped cloud flying over it will become an unironic reality
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