He is reaping a totally uncalled for oppression.
It just seems to me that some sort of common sense should prevail here. There’s no need for the backlash against the teacher here either. She didn’t do anything wrong.
A felony charge will have an impact on the boy for the rest of his life. The article mentioned a lesser charge was possible too, but if there is a way to have some sort of teachable moment on social media out of this whole mess, then people ought to be looking for it.