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Instagram gun photo 'like' sparks alarm, suspensions for kids in Ohio
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:00 pm
Not just any gun - airsoft guns.
Kid who 'liked' the photo got his suspension revoked. The kid who posted the pic is still in hot water.
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On Thursday, school officials at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton suspended the 13-year-old student after discovering he liked a picture of a gun online.
"My wife called and said he'd been pulled in to the office, and he was being suspended because he liked a picture on Instagram that his friend posted .. of a weapon, of an airsoft gun," Marty Bowlin said about his son, Zach. "It was 10 days suspension with the possibility of expulsion. I'm like, 'For liking a gun? Did he make a comment or threat or anything?' And it's like, 'No. He just liked a picture.' I'm like, 'Well, this can't happen.'"
Bowlin said his son's decision to like the photo of the gun, which included the caption "ready," was harmless.
"I mean, I figured he'd cleaned his gun and was ready, wanting to play and stuff," Zach Bowlin said.
Zach says the photo shows an airsoft gun that shoots pellets.
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An assistant principal wrote Bowlin was suspended for "Liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence."
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"He shoots, hunts, fishes," Marty Bowlin said. "He's a country boy."
Kid who 'liked' the photo got his suspension revoked. The kid who posted the pic is still in hot water.
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Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:03 pm to AubieALUMdvm
What in the actual frick.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:03 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Sue then for everything. That is absurd. The idiots running those schools have zero common sense. ZERO!
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:04 pm to AubieALUMdvm
I hope the kid spends his whole settlement on guns.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:05 pm to Pico de Gallo
Wow
That pretty much takes the cake for over sensitive PC nonsense
That pretty much takes the cake for over sensitive PC nonsense
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:08 pm to AubieALUMdvm
quote:
On Thursday, school officials at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton suspended the 13-year-old student after discovering he liked a picture of a gun online.
"My wife called and said he'd been pulled in to the office, and he was being suspended because he liked a picture on Instagram that his friend posted .. of a weapon, of an airsoft gun," Marty Bowlin said about his son, Zach. "It was 10 days suspension with the possibility of expulsion. I'm like, 'For liking a gun? Did he make a comment or threat or anything?' And it's like, 'No. He just liked a picture.' I'm like, 'Well, this can't happen.'"
Bo
The bullshite part of all of this is it had nothing to do with school nor extracurricular school stuff. Had the kids had the gun on school grounds I could get on board but this had nothing to do with school at all.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:09 pm to shinerfan
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I hope the kid spends his whole settlement on guns.
I laughed
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:14 pm to shinerfan
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I hope the kid spends his whole settlement on guns.
fricking this.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:16 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Hunting with a pellet pistol? While I think it's an overreaction by the school district and their arse needs to be sued, the parent claiming he was possibly "ready" to go hunting is full of shite.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:19 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Still not as absurd as the kid who got in trouble for pretending that a chicken nugget was a gun.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:21 pm to jimmy the leg
Read the article, Jimmy.
Kid was ready to play airsoft. They shoot tiny plastic looking pellets/BBs.
Kid was ready to play airsoft. They shoot tiny plastic looking pellets/BBs.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:27 pm to AubieALUMdvm
The ridiculousness of this never ceases to amaze me.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:33 pm to jimmy the leg
Hey Jimmy, Reading comprehension is important
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:35 pm to jimmy the leg
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Hunting with a pellet pistol? While I think it's an overreaction by the school district and their arse needs to be sued, the parent claiming he was possibly "ready" to go hunting is full of shite.
Did you read? He said ready to play...
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:42 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Whole situation sounds trashy. Glad the school isn't taking any chances.
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:47 pm to AubieALUMdvm
The terrorists are winning
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:51 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Someone probably reported the kid who posted the picture thinking it would be about a school shooting or something and the school jumped on it like a legitimate threat. Now that it's all cleared up, nothing should come of it.
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