Posted on 09/12/2023 6:38:49 PM PDT by Morgana
A first grader in Alabama was suspended after using his finger as a mock gun and saying 'bang bang' while playing with a friend - as school officials forced him to sign a punishment slip with his blocky name.
Six-year-old Jackson Belcher was forced to sign a Class III infraction document for 'threat and intimidation' after he 'used his fingers to shoot at another student' during a lighthearted game of cops and robbers at his elementary school in Jefferson County, Alabama.
His father, Jerrod Belcher, said it 'infuriated him' that his son was basically 'interrogated' before being 'made to confess' and sign his name.
Belcher said his son was 'terrified' and 'pretty shaken up' about the interrogation. .
Now, the family is considering legal action because of the school's actions that humiliated the boy and family.
The infraction that little Jackson was required to sign is equivalent to charges of arson, assault, robbery, bomb threats and explosives, Belcher family attorney M. Reed Marts told Fox News.
A Class III infraction is considered the most serious by the school system and results in students being unable to return to school grounds until a conference is held to discuss the violation.
The Gun Owners of America organization has threatened legal action if the incident wasn't removed from the child's record.
A letter from the group demanded that any record of the activities of infraction against Jackson be removed along with any account of related disciplinary action.
It also demanded that the existing policy that led to the improper punishment of the first-grade student should be publicly amended to allow age-appropriate play for children so that other kids aren't unfairly penalized for innocent games.
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They can’t distinguish pretending to have a gun from actually having one?
It would be the last day my son was in that school.
They are unthinking bureaucrats, who have a zero tolerance policy , and they aren’t allowed to think.
Did he make his mark? He's a first grader, was it in cursive or freestyle?
Is it a legally binding contract?
So many questions... enquiring minds want to know...
-PJ
Richard Cranium, school principal, NEEDS TO BE HORSE WHIPPED!
Did he have his lawyer and/or parents present during the time of signing?
The Gun Owners of America organization has threatened legal action if the incident wasn't removed from the child's record.Perfect chance.
In a long forgotten world, the ACLU would be all over something like this
a few years ago a child got into trouble at school for merely drawing a gun...
Yep, this nation is “headed downhill like a snowball headed for Hell”
Merle Haggard
The signature of a minor is worthless.
Shows the intellect of the school staff.
Hope they called him by the right pronoun.
What Leprechaun riding Unicorns that poop candy corn world was that?
ACLU never once in their entire government sponsored lives ever stood up for the second amendment.
Never point a gun. Always treat it like it’s loaded. Kid must not have been taught.
Yep- boys in the girls restrooms are allowed to expose themselves and rape young girls and will be shielded from punishment and protected but a baby who is playing a game is practically called a criminal, given a record and suspended.
These school admins are out of control. We need tar and feathering to come back into fashion.
Sue the school system and demand a refund of property taxes.
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