[mvpel]

School officials in Taunton, Mass., said the picture "violated the code of violence in the school handbook," ...

Would that be the "school handbook" written by those very same "school officials," by any chance?

[skully]

School officials in Taunton, Mass., said the picture “violated the code of violence in the school handbook,” ...

So then they must not teach the violent mathematical operation known as addition at this school.... I'm guessing they consider the + sign to be a violent image also??