That would be the kid’s word against them in a liberal area.
He did the right thing under the circumstances, which were rotten and unfair circumstances.
Agreed it would be hard for a kid to come up with that plan of action on his own. But I think conservative parents with conservative kids need to start teaching their kids what to do in response to overweening administrators and law enforcement in schools when those resources act in an unlawful manner. Namely, to tell them to shove it and sue their asses up one wall and down the other if they don’t back off.