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"The next morning they called me down patted me down and checked me for weapons." "I liked it, scrolling down Instagram at night about 7, 8 o’clock I liked it," Zacahry said. 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. "He never shared, he never commented, he never made a threatening post… anything on the site, just liked it." "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. 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.” “As the Superintendent of the Edgewood City Schools, I assure you that any social media threat will be taken serious including those who ‘like’ the post when it potentially endangers the health and safety of students or adversely affects the educational process,” Fussnecker’s statement concluded.īowlin’s parents said school administrators ultimately dropped the 10-day suspension after speaking with them.An Edgewood Middle School student was handed a 10-day suspension for “liking” a picture of a gun on Instagram with the caption “ready." Thank you.”Įdgewood City Schools Superintendent Russ Fussnecker said the district has “zero tolerance” of violent, disruptive, harassing, bullying or inappropriate behavior on behalf of students – including while off school grounds if it potentially impacts the classroom. “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. “We act on any potential threat to student safety swiftly and with the utmost importance,” the message to parents read, according to WXIX. In an email to parents the morning after Bowlin liked the post, administrators said they learned of an “alleged threat” of a student bringing a gun to school. “He never shared, he never commented, never made a threatening post … just liked it.” “I was livid,” Bowlin’s father, Martin Bowlin, told the station. Then, they told me I was getting expelled or suspended or whatever.”Īdministrators sent Bowlin home with a note indicating the reason for his suspension – liking a post on social media that indicated potential violence. “ next morning, they called me down and, like, patted me down and checked me for weapons. “I don’t think I did anything wrong,” he told KRON. Zachary Bowlin, a seventh-grader at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton, received a 10-day suspension after liking the Instagram photo of an airsoft gun late Thursday. Nike backs Bob Iger in DeSantis' Disney feud following Dylan Mulvaney adsĪ 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.” Ted Cruz is preparing his own TikTok clampdown after Montana's ban: sources Influencer hospitalized after horse falls on her at Arizona ranch, has no memory of fame Bud Light truck drivers have been flipped the bird, called homophobic slurs in wake of Dylan Mulvaney fiasco
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