No, it wasn't.
It absolutely was.
The so called Mexicans wanted to riot and this would have absolutely escalated and the “White” kids would likely have to attend another school 15-20 miles away to continue their education...safely....
I don’t like it anymore than the rest of here do but, occasionally common sense dictates a best choice out “no good choices”.
If it is not provocative to fly the Mexican flag in America, it is not provocative to fly the American flag in America.
We do not determine free speech based upon violence or threats thereof from people who object. Many Americans died to protect this fundamental right of expression — and this does not depend upon ideology.
If expressions of hatred for the United States are protected, so then are expressions of patriotism.
On May 6, approximately 200 Hispanic teens, most of whom were Live Oak High School students, walked out of their classes and marched through the downtown and to city hall in protest of what they regarded as disrespect from their American-flag-wearing peers. The crowd carried Mexican flags and sported the red, white and green of Mexico’s national emblem. Two days later, a crowd of students led by several Hispanic students gathered in the amphitheater and held an anti-racism rally advocating acceptance and tolerance among the students.
See there?
4 kids against 200, who walked out of class and off campus.
They didn’t just walk off campus they walked a mile to downtown and protest. They were highly incensed.
How else was that going to end?
Badly.
The Supreme Court has ruled that public school students have the right to engage in non-disruptive free speech, however, that ruling “does not require that school officials wait until disruption occurs before they act,” Ware said.
I’m telling you gunshots would have rang out. There is a huge gang element on that campus.