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Middle school student suspended for 'liking' photo of gun on Instagram

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[FONT=&quot]TRENTON, OH (FOX19) -[/FONT][FONT=&quot]An Edgewood Middle School student was handed a 10-day suspension for “liking” a picture of a gun on Instagram with the caption “ready."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The parents of Zachary Bowlin posted a picture of the intended suspension notice which read, “The reason for the intended suspension is as follows: Liking a post on social media that indicated potential school violence.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"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," father Marty Bowlin said. "He never shared, he never commented, he never made a threatening post… anything on the site, just liked it."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The picture in question is of an airsoft gun, and according to the students’ parents, their child didn’t comment on the post but simply liked the picture.[/FONT]
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Middle school student suspended for 'liking' photo of gun on Ins - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

The insanity of this **** is getting out of freaking hand.
 
PirateMk1 said:
Used to be to get a 10 day suspension you had to beat the hell out of somebody. Wow things have changed.

How did the school even know he "liked" this picture?
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And find out so quickly from 8 at night and have him in the office by the next morning.

I see some major firings at that school district coming.
 
PirateMk1 said:
Used to be to get a 10 day suspension you had to beat the hell out of somebody. Wow things have changed.

How did the school even know he "liked" this picture?
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The article has a statement from the school:

“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”

My guess is either a parent or another kid saw the "like" online a warned the school about a potential threat. The school then acted accordingly. Also, the article says the school dropped the suspension. Looks like everything worked out fine to me.
 
The most insane thing is that the picture was of an airsoft gun. This would almost be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.
 
Crovax said:
And find out so quickly from 8 at night and have him in the office by the next morning.

I see some major firings at that school district coming.
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Just from what the school has posted I doubt highly there are any repercussions over this incident.
 
MrPeanut said:
The article has a statement from the school:

“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”

My guess is either a parent or another kid saw the "like" online a warned the school about a potential threat. The school then acted accordingly. Also, the article says the school dropped the suspension. Looks like everything worked out fine to me.
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From what I read, the kid never mentioned the school or mentioned any violent act at all. How, in your opinion, did the school act "accordingly?" How was there a potential threat, when no threat was made or implied?

Now, I'm all for erring on the side of the safety of school children, just not at the risk of the rights and future of another child when there's no evidence to support labeling a child as a threat to enact a school massacre (what some will take this to mean). How will colleges and universities look on this when they do a search of the kids name and this pops up? Will it effect the kids ability to get into college? Will it effect the kids ability to get a job later on? It would damned sure effect kids ability to get a security clearance if they decided to join the military.

We need to think about the long term consequences of our actions, and so do school administrators before they imply guilt of such a crime by suspending a kid for what surely seems to be a harmless social media post.
 
PirateMk1 said:
Just from what the school has posted I doubt highly there are any repercussions over this incident.
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I don't know, if the parents make a big enough issue and if the news goes national it could be a situation where they have to fire the whole administration
 
I grew up in a rough-ish neighborhood. I remember getting into a fist fight and only being suspended for 3 days. Now you are suspended over a week for liking something on social media. How goofy can this world get? Extreme punishment like this is a clear way for liberals to shape the minds of young children. "fire bad, pay for others."
 
Renae said:
Middle school student suspended for 'liking' photo of gun on Ins - Cincinnati News, FOX19-WXIX TV

The insanity of this **** is getting out of freaking hand.
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Nope: this is what did it -
A middle school student in Ohio found himself in the crosshairs after “liking” a photo of a gun on social media, complete with the caption “ready.”
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So they searched him the next morning. In this day and age, with all that's been going on at schools, what was the school supposed to do? get on instagram and post: "yeah, nice gun!"...?


:roll:


Relax
 
Beaudreaux said:
From what I read, the kid never mentioned the school or mentioned any violent act at all. How, in your opinion, did the school act "accordingly?" How was there a potential threat, when no threat was made or implied?

Now, I'm all for erring on the side of the safety of school children, just not at the risk of the rights and future of another child when there's no evidence to support labeling a child as a threat to enact a school massacre (what some will take this to mean). How will colleges and universities look on this when they do a search of the kids name and this pops up? Will it effect the kids ability to get into college? Will it effect the kids ability to get a job later on? It would damned sure effect kids ability to get a security clearance if they decided to join the military.

We need to think about the long term consequences of our actions, and so do school administrators before they imply guilt of such a crime by suspending a kid for what surely seems to be a harmless social media post.
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Did you not read their statement? They said the school was informed of an alleged threat. To me it sounds like somebody called in and made a big deal about what happened so the school thought it would be good to check the kid and suspend him. It looks like they stopped the suspension after finding out more information.
 
And a suspension is not an indication of guilt... sometimes schools do that to simply remove a kid from the school so that they can investigate the issue. Sounds like the school did that and decided that there was no issue so they let the kid back in before the 10 day suspension was completed. Not a big deal.
 
MrPeanut said:
Did you not read their statement? They said the school was informed of an alleged threat. To me it sounds like somebody called in and made a big deal about what happened so the school thought it would be good to check the kid and suspend him. It looks like they stopped the suspension after finding out more information.
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Yes. I read it. They could say red was blue, but that wouldn't make it true. I also read the kid's social media post. The school system overreacted and may have potentially harmed this young person's future because of that overreaction.
 
jet57 said:
Nope: this is what did it -

So they searched him the next morning. In this day and age, with all that's been going on at schools, what was the school supposed to do? get on instagram and post: "yeah, nice gun!"...?


:roll:


Relax
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He didn't write ready. He just liked the airsoft gun.
 
this is not a one off

was scheduled to umpire a fastpitch game this season

the team was shorthanded and i asked the coach if a bug/flu had spread in his charter school

nope; he explained someone posted a pic of a hand gun and 30+ students who 'liked' the post were suspended (3 days each is my understanding)

the students of this religious based charter academy seem well behaved. appears they have no other option than to be so
 
justabubba said:
this is not a one off

was scheduled to umpire a fastpitch game this season

the team was shorthanded and i asked the coach if a bug/flu had spread in his charter school

nope; he explained someone posted a pic of a hand gun and 30+ students who 'liked' the post were suspended (3 days each is my understanding)

the students of this religious based charter academy seem well behaved. appears they have no other option than to be so
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This **** is getting out of hand.
 
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MrPeanut said:
Did you not read their statement? They said the school was informed of an alleged threat. To me it sounds like somebody called in and made a big deal about what happened so the school thought it would be good to check the kid and suspend him. It looks like they stopped the suspension after finding out more information.
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Sounds to me like helicopter parents over reacting and driving everyone else nuts in the process.

<*sigh*>

Way over done and over blown, by those parents.
 
MrPeanut said:
The article has a statement from the school:

“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”

My guess is either a parent or another kid saw the "like" online a warned the school about a potential threat. The school then acted accordingly. Also, the article says the school dropped the suspension. Looks like everything worked out fine to me.
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nope, the people who suspended the boy need to be fired. and an effort to accomplish that is apparently underway.
 
TurtleDude said:
the community that was in is fairly conservative though its more working class blue collar that rural farming. there is no rational explanation for such stupidity and the administration of that school needs to be removed from office.
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I'd agree with that. The school administration didn't help matters any by indulging the helicopter parents that over reacted. Their joke of handling it only ensures that it'll be repeated until they take a firmer stand against the over reaction.
 
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TurtleDude said:
nope, the people who suspended the boy need to be fired. and an effort to accomplish that is apparently underway.
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Yup. If the school administration can't demonstrate better judgement than this, they don't deserve to have the job.
 
jet57 said:
Nope: this is what did it -

So they searched him the next morning. In this day and age, with all that's been going on at schools, what was the school supposed to do? get on instagram and post: "yeah, nice gun!"...?


:roll:


Relax
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They were supposed to get the whole story and then make a determination. At least that is the adult thing to do. How about bringing everyone involved into the office first and actually getting the full story prior to suspension.
 
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