Posted on 08/30/2019 1:14:41 PM PDT by Red Badger
A 16-year-old student at a Colorado high school was informed by the school district Wednesday that he was not allowed to return to classes until the school could conduct an investigation into an anonymous tip that he had posted "threatening" content online. Current Time 0:11 Duration 0:51 Trump Slams 'Totally Fake' Washington Post Report That He Floated Pardons For Border Wall Construction
In a story that has gained national attention from conservative sites, including RedState, the parents of a junior at Loveland High School learned Wednesday that their son could not appear on campus until the Thompson Valley School District (TVSD) conducted a full investigation into a "Safe-2-Tell" anonymous tip prompted by a Snapchat post by their teen son.
As reported by Complete Colorado, 16-year-old Nathan Myers and his mother Justine Myers went to a shooting range on Tuesday, a moment that Nathan celebrated by posting a video on Snapchat showing some of the guns they were going to bring, including hand guns and an AR-15. The caption for the post read, "Finna be lit," which he explained to Complete Colorado is just slang used among his peers meaning he's "excited" about the chance to go to the range with his mom, who he hadn't seen in a few weeks due to his parents being separated.
"While we were at her house getting ready to go, I took a video of five or six pistols and an AR-15," Nathan told the outlet. "None of them were loaded, they were all in their cases."
"We had a great day," said Justine, a self-described gun enthusiast. "This is what we do. Nathan has been shooting many times with us. We are huge Second Amendment supporters."
Nathan also posted video of them at the range:
When they returned from shooting, Justine learned from messages left by Nathan's father that police officers had come to the house asking about his initial Snapchat post.
"His father told them he was out shooting with me, I am an avid shooter," Justine explained. "So, the officers said he wasn't in trouble and left."
Though the family thought the issue was settled, the next morning they were informed by the school district that Nathan could not return to classes.
"I called to ask why I couldn't go, and they said it was a safety concern because the student who reported it was scared I was going to shoot up the school," Nathan said.
The Myers say Nathan has never had any conflict with another student, enjoys a large circle of friends, and has no criminal record.
The Myers' "threat assessment hearing" with TVSD was scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday.
Pro-Second Amendment site Rally for Our Rights' Lesley Hollywood reports that she spoke with Justine, "as well as two different attorneys who specialize in Second Amendment issues," and found that the school "is legally within their rights at this time."
"According to the attorneys, the school has a protocol that must be followed when a report of a threat comes in through Safe 2 Tell or other means, even if the report is completely false – and there is nothing parents or students can legally do about it, even with a lawyer," she reports.
Complete Colorado notes, however, that Colorado-based pro-Second Amendment organization Rocky Mountain Gun Owners "posted on Facebook that it would supply the family with legal representation if the student’s story 'bears out as first reported.'"
Complete Colorado reached out to Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams to get his reaction to the situation. After sending him the Snapchat post with no context, the outlet asked Reams for his interpretation of the post. He said he thought it just seemed like a kid excited to go to a firing range. When he learned about the school district's response, he expressed disbelief.
"This is exactly the mechanics of the Red Flag Law," Reams told the outlet. "Someone filed an anonymous complaint, without the other person knowing it was being filed, but instead of him being deprived of his Second Amendment rights, he’s being deprived of his ability to go to school without due process."
The teen simply "exercised his First Amendment right to use his Second Amendment right," said Reams, adding, "I hope this doesn’t make him fear that in the future."
It won’t happen, but the school district needs to be sued to the point of total collapse.
Regardless, from multiple angles,I believe they have a case!
“The only problem is the taxpayers are the ones who have to pay....”
Yep. When bureaucrats screw up, they need to be stripped of sovereign immunity and face the prospect of losing their house, car, bank accounts and retirement benefits. That includes judges and prosecutors.
If there’s no legal mechanism to rein in fascist bureaucrats,then it’s time to reapply our Declaration of Independence to our 21st century Tory and red coat traitors.
Seems like some of his many friends can bring his schoolwork to him which he can do at home in a couple hours per day. This will leave lots more time to go shooting some more and he won’t be behind when he goes back.
The only problem is the taxpayers are the ones who have to pay...............
Bunch of idiots.
Here, I picked up a shell from the boys’ restroom and took it to the office. The principal tossed it in the trash and that was that. Students are always bringing in pictures of their deer and no one gets hyper. One kid tells when he shoots a rat in his house.
Complete Colorado’s Todd Shepherd on New D.C. Gig, Future of News Site
https://www.westword.com/news/complete-colorados-todd-shepherd-on-new-dc-gig-future-of-news-site-8616741
“...libertarian...” Hmmm.
FAKEbook already removed it.
Free Republic is as close as I will ever get to social media.
Don’t even own a cell phone because I HATE PHONES!
If I feel I absolutely have to talk to someone I will do it face to face.
So students who are known to go shooting are banned from geting an education. Let’s see how that holds up in court.
Meanwhile the schools are pressured to keep admitting students who are known to be violent in order to keep them out of the school to prison pipeline.
That's funny. They can sue everyone involved down to their socks. I'd call that doing something.
I was able to access it.
Thank goodness we have no neighbors who can see us and we have no lawn.
Gunshots are common during all hours of the night. No LE coverage from 2330 until 0630. Strange how we have no crime either.
Reason 34,000,000,000,000,001 why schools should be declared a hazard zone. These people are stupid, no, not stupid, but dangerous to Freedom Loving Americans...
That is their objective
I have no problem with that. The taxpayers elected those numbskulls to represent them. Make stupid choices, pay the consequences. Make a better choice of reps next time.
Home School...Private Schools are getting bad, too.
You’re absolutely right in the society we live in now.
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