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EEllis wrote:

cb1000rider wrote:Political speech has been ruled on many times within the public school context... I'd like to see the T-shirt too.
I still think this kid just bought himself a tax-payer college scholarship courtesy of some over-zealous educators and law enforcement.

I'm not so sure. Officially he wasn't arrested for the shirt. Heck the cops weren't there for the shirt but rather the disturbance that occurred when the teacher asked/told the kid he couldn't wear it. The Officer comes in and try's to figure out what's going on and the Kid won't stop talking long enough for the Officer to do so. Contempt of cop? Well I guess you could say that but we don't know how many times or what the Officer tried to get the kid to shut up and yes he does need to allow the Officer the ability to do his job. We don't give Cops all that many tools to handle situations like that. It's all very well to say he should of been able to handle a 14yo without arresting him but if you have told the kid to stop, then stop again, then stop or else, well then arresting people is what you do. Would I be happy about this happening , no but that's a far cry from preferring an outcome to being legally or civilly liable because the kid talked himself into a ride.