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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If he stuck his “other” finger and said something. He would’ve congratulated.
If he stuck his “other” finger and said something. He would’ve congratulated.
An assault finger gun?
Perfect.
And unicorns and butterflies are going to fly out of ....
Oh my God, I hope that isn’t a cap pistol......
👉
This action against an innocent six-year-old is the type of totalitarian treatment we see in governments like China who go all jack boot against the entire family for the offense of one. As a young kid we played with cap guns; which were available in all toy sections.
The big question is did he a CCW for that finger?
Every day there’s a story of something crazy wrong in the public school.
Every day the parents continue to take their kids to the public school.
The gaystapo is here, in ALL areas of gubmint. Homeschool, sue and buy that kid a Henry Rifle and pistol for future hunting and defense
That’s my name for people like that...
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