Posted on 04/23/2025 11:00:04 AM PDT by algore
A 13-year-old Missouri boy was suspended from school after he posted a picture of Dr. Pepper cans in the shape of a rifle on Snapchat.
The teenager, only identified as W.G., shared the image of his 'can art' to his personal account on September 14, and two days later his belongings were searched and he was suspended from Liberty Middle School for three days after they deemed it to be 'threatening' and an act of 'cyberbullying.'
The photo did not contain any 'threatening language or anything that would suggest harm to anyone or anything,' it continued.
Despite this, school officials told Grunden that her son had to turn himself in and report to the district's central office following concerns about the post.
'We have enough information to believe the video had caused fear to at least one student, and understandably so,' Lanna Tharp, the superintendent of Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III School District, said.
'We want to inform you that we have become aware of a rumor circulating on social media regarding a potential threat . Following a thorough investigation we have found no credible evidence of any danger.
'Some social media posts can cause stress on our students, families, and staff. Social media can also disrupt the learning environment,' the statement read.
The school went on to plead for parents to underline the gravity of the incident.
'We ask that you talk to your child about the seriousness of making a threat or posting anything of a threatening nature (images of weapons, violent song lyrics, violent videos, etc.).
'Please help us emphasize to all students that making a threat against a public school or any student, has serious legal and disciplinary consequences.
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Dr Pepper/Snapple has a chance to win fans right now.....will they take it?
Future shooter of silly boy who needs to grow up?
Assault Art.
If they had been Bud Lite cans we would have a problem, but Dr Pepper is not political.
He should have arranged the cans to look like one of the two trannies that Biden hired to help ruin the gubmit. He’d get an award for that. And does any sane being out there still think that ‘publik skoolz’ should not only be disbanded, but razed, the ground sanitized, and all school soil be launched into the sun?
But, thousands of little girls who are in fear of men with their genitals out in the little girl’s bathrooms and locker rooms- who are watching the little girls undress -are ignored and told to shut up.
1A LAWSUIT TIME!.......................
That’s a stretch
He should just say it is an ancient sanskrit symbol meaning peace and they would leave him alone.
Obviously the woke wack jobs running that school need to be sued and then fired.
and to think... I used to make animations of things exploding on sticky note pads! I’d still be expelled for some of them!!
This kid is about to get his college education fully paid for all the way to PHD............
What an insane world we live in. International news no less.
It’s a ghost gun & SBR to boot. Where is the ATF? 😮
Until a few weeks ago, I rarely touched a soda, but I was in Colorado Springs for a few days and for some reason started drinking Dr. Pepper again.
Colorado Springs was very pretty and clean compared to place like Charlotte or Columbia. I liked the layout of downtown too.
Wonder what would happen if someone did that, but used rainbow flags to create the shape?
Don’t sic the ATF on the kid. They will murder him just for the Hell of it. They are a murderous bunch of bastards.
Agree. Sue the stupid bastards into oblivion. Raise hell at every meeting of the school board until heads roll.
‘...shared the image of his ‘can art’ to his personal account...”
NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS, 1ST AMENDMENT..... SUE THE BASTARDS!..............
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