Correct. And the key word here is tools, not weapons.
We had a similar incident involving an innocent white kid at our local high school a few years back. His resulting lawsuit ended up paying for 100% of his college expenses and he recently graduated debt free. Unfortunately, the idiot administrator who thought it was a good idea to make an example of him still has a job and we the taxpayers are paying higher insurance premiums for her idiocy.
Not to mention paying the admin's pension for the rest of her life!