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WhiskeyDisk posted...

Remember the kid who got suspended for chewing his pop tart into the shape of a gun?

Yes - more specifically, I remember that the kid had a lengthy disciplinary history, which included leaving the school in the middle of the day, punching another kid in the face, and throwing a chair at his classmates. And that he wasn't suspended for chewing his food (which, notably, was not actually a Pop-Tart) into a gun-shape, but due to the fact he was running around the classroom screaming "Look, I made a gun!" - the screaming and running around was the cause of the suspension, not the fact that it was a gun, which the judge that eventually ruled on the lawsuit (in favour of the school and against the kid's parents) specifically pointed out.

https://reason.com/2016/06/16/judge-upholds-suspension-of-the-pop-tart/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/examiner-recommends-school-board-uphold-pop-tart-suspension/

This is the same as the kid in Texas who was supposedly suspended for telling another student he would make him disappear using the power of the One Ring from LotR (which even got a Penny Arcade comic made about it). In actuality, what he did was bring a set of magician's rings to school (the ones they use in the linking/breaking acts) and threatened another kid by saying that he would wrap the rings around his neck and that he hoped he would die.

Moral of the story: when some dipshit parents accuse a school of mindlessly disciplining little Timmy for completely ridiculous reasons, then launch a lawsuit in the hopes of a big payday and the school can't respond to the allegations due to privacy laws, *maybe* take their accusations with a grain of salt until the facts are known.
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