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Michigan student, 11, expelled after taking gun away from classmate to prevent ‘unimaginable tragedy’
nypost.com ^ | September 21, 2025 | Nicholas McEntyre

Posted on 09/21/2025 8:36:14 AM PDT by lowbridge

A Michigan middle schooler courageously disarmed a gun-carrying classmate, but was expelled when he failed to alert a teacher immediately, his furious mother claimed.

Sakir, a seventh grader at the Dwight Rich School of the Arts, allegedly spotted his classmate carrying the gun during the school day and jumped into action to protect his peers, according to reports.

“Sakir’s instinct was not to run away — it was to protect his classmates,” according to a GoFundMe set up for the young student and his family. “…preventing what could have been an unimaginable tragedy.”

However, Everett was accused of possession of a weapon and banned from the middle school.

“They kicked him out of school for the whole year,” the boy’s mother, Savitra McClurkin, told local outlet WILX on Friday.

The heroic 11-year-old’s actions unfolded back in May, but he didn’t tell his teachers out of fear of getting in trouble. It was not clear when he received the punishment.

“He didn’t want to implicate himself in it, nor did he want to tell on the person that actually brought the firearm,” McClurkin said. “Because he knows firearms aren’t supposed to be in school.”

Everett credited his hunting background for his knowledge of safely taking the gun apart.

Sakir is an “A/B student” and is active in sports at the public magnet school, according to the crowdfunding page.

The frustrated mother blasted the Lansing School District for kicking her son out of the school.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: banglist; catradavis; education; gofundcatradavis; gofundme; michigan; nicholasmcentyre; sakireverett; savitramcclerkin; soundslikeamuzzie; uncriticalarticle
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1 posted on 09/21/2025 8:36:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Michigan Commies gonna Commie...


2 posted on 09/21/2025 8:38:04 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: lowbridge

Liberals always overreach.

I’m going to enjoy the blowback on this.


3 posted on 09/21/2025 8:39:48 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: lowbridge

Sakir! LOL! Yeah, Right.


4 posted on 09/21/2025 8:41:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (God Bless Charlie Kirk.)
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To: lowbridge

This is what happens when Communists are in charge.


5 posted on 09/21/2025 8:43:39 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: lowbridge

So he was expelled for stopping his classmate from shooting up the place. I guess that gets in the way of the gun grabbers’ agenda.


6 posted on 09/21/2025 8:45:16 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: lowbridge
A Michigan middle schooler courageously disarmed a gun-carrying classmate, but was expelled when he failed to alert a teacher immediately, his furious mother claimed.

Well then Sakir should be immediately transferred to the UK, Canada, or Australia so he can enroll in Philistine school.
7 posted on 09/21/2025 8:45:26 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: lowbridge

No good deed goes unpunished.


8 posted on 09/21/2025 8:45:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: lowbridge

It really doesn’t matter what the topic is. You can always count on school administrators to do the wrong thing.

It might be different in suburban or rural school districts. But in the big city school district where I taught, it was guaranteed. It was like living in a bizzaro world.


9 posted on 09/21/2025 8:48:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: lowbridge

Are “Sakir” and “Everett” the same person? What’s up with that? And there’s a GoFundMe account involved with this? Seems as if there’s more to this story.


10 posted on 09/21/2025 8:49:01 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: lowbridge

If this is all true, it describes one of the very few times I would consider donating to a GoFundMe.

The Mom is making a practical decision to make all of this pubic, so that any school he tries to enroll in will already have knowledge of exactly why he was expelled from his former school. Whoever made the decision to expel this kid is stupid and seems to be showing a curious sort of bias.


11 posted on 09/21/2025 8:49:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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Anybody figure out what is going on here? Who the hell is Everett? I’ve read this three times.


12 posted on 09/21/2025 8:50:42 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (God Bless Charlie Kirk.)
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To: lowbridge

When the left is in charge, they love to see school shootings. It gives them the opportunity for endless sound bites against guns and 2A supporters. It’s why the only thing they’ll do to protect our children is to post gun free zone signs in schools.


13 posted on 09/21/2025 8:51:13 AM PDT by Spok (If you really want to kill a good idea, give it to a committee.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

I wonder when Sakir the Wonder Boy does all the hunting and what is it he hunts? This article is a joke. A real clown show.


14 posted on 09/21/2025 8:52:08 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (God Bless Charlie Kirk.)
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To: TBP

“So he was expelled for stopping his classmate from shooting up the place. “

I take from the article that he was expelled because he didn’t report the incident to a teach soon enough, because he was afraid he would get in trouble, which he did.

I believe expulsion for not reporting in a timely manner is excessive.


15 posted on 09/21/2025 8:56:53 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

What’s more plausible? This story or that Sakir was the one with the gun, bragged about it, then got caught and makes up a story about some other kid and how he saved the day. Without ever bragging about it (the kid is 11, he has to bragg).


16 posted on 09/21/2025 8:57:17 AM PDT by GMThrust
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To: FlingWingFlyer

The kids name in full is “Sakir Everett”


17 posted on 09/21/2025 8:59:01 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: SkyDancer

+100


18 posted on 09/21/2025 8:59:39 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: mikey_hates_everything

The kids full name is “Sakir Everett”.


19 posted on 09/21/2025 8:59:42 AM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: TBP
So he was expelled for stopping his classmate from shooting up the place. I guess that gets in the way of the gun grabbers’ agenda.

Bingo. You hit the nail on the head.

20 posted on 09/21/2025 8:59:49 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. We are a family of aviators. )
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