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US: Student suspended for drawing a picture of a gun
Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates.
The boy's parents said the drawing was a harmless doodle and school officials overreacted.
"The school made him feel like he committed a crime. They are doing more damage than good," said the boy's mother, Paula Mosteller.
The drawing did not show blood, bullets, injuries or target any human, the parents said. And the East Valley Tribune reported that the boy said he did not intend for the picture to be a threat.
Administrators of Payne Junior High in nearby Chandler suspended the boy on Monday for five days but later reduced it to three days.
The boy's father, Ben Mosteller, said that when he went to the school to discuss his son's punishment, school officials mentioned the seriousness of the issue and talked about the 1999 massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School, where two teenagers shot and killed 12 students, a teacher and themselves. Mosteller said he was offended by the reference.
Chandler district spokesman Terry Locke said the crude sketch was "absolutely considered a threat," and that threatening words or pictures are punishable.
Posted by: SoulRiser
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Posted in: News on August 24, 2007 @ 12:00 AM
Tags: School
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Schools overreacting to a few isolated incidents. They always do you know.
You know my dad brought a big knife to school and if he had of had it out they probably just confiscated it.
It's just a picture, they should seriously get over themselves.
thats a load of shit just cause someone draws somethin dont mean its ment to be threatening stupid school people
wow schools r overreacting these days
what the heck its just a picture,
i like pie and chicken i have gingivites
it's just a picture, no threat about it, they always overreact and assume something, as a father of 9 childre
well so much for showing my friend these cool looking weapons i drew in 5th grade. And so much for these incredibly realistic and cool looking guns one of my friends drew