A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His #Tennessee School for a Year.
A 2023 state #law requires a yearlong expulsion for any student who threatens mass violence on school property.
But some #students have been kicked out even when school officials determined that the threat was not credible.
#News #Education #Guns #GunViolence #Kids #Schools #Government
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-expulsions
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… if he had pointed with a real gun, he’d been lauded.
@ProPublica@newsie.social They’ve lost their damn minds.
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In some schools, it’s the principal who should be kicked out for a year.
A finger-gun is not a credible threat. It’s impossible to differentiate that from the plethora of police, western, and military fare on films and in television. It’s not a sign of an imminent or likely threat of violence.
