re: People suck. Someone explain to me why a school would do this?

I am usually one that doubts stories like this are telling the entire truth. In our community, there was a girl who shoplifted on a band trip to Atlanta. A social media campaign said she wasn't punished - I know for a fact that the parents were called, made to immediately drive to Atlanta to pick up their child and the student was suspended upon return. But Facebook got a bunch of people riled up.

That being said, Ive done a fair amount of research on this story - it seems to be as presented. a-hole superintendent and principal.