Somewhere there is a picture of me shooting my GI Joe with a BB gun in 1964.
If it resurfaces I fear I will be up for investigation and possibly Red Flagged
If it resurfaces I fear I will be up for investigation and possibly Red Flagged
TX School District To Discipline Student over 4-Year-Old Photo of Him Holding a Gun
Cade Almond
September 2, 2019
The Iola Independent School District of Iola, Texas, has decided to discipline a student after a 4-year-old photo of him resurfaced on social media, according to KBTX-TV.
The photo, which was posted on Facebook on August 22, was allegedly of the now junior high-aged student holding a handgun under adult supervision back when he was 9 years old.
Investigators jumped on the post when they noticed that the picture’s caption mentioned “school” in a non-threatening manner.
Scott Martindale, superintendent of the Iola ISD, defended the investigation while making sure to alleviate any fears that parents, teachers or students may have felt.
“It was a young student, had a handgun in the picture and part of the wording on the picture it had the word ‘school’ in it,” he said. “So we take that stuff very seriously here.”
“As we investigated we found out the picture was a four-year-old picture. The picture had a caption that mentioned school. It did not threaten the school whatsoever it just mentioned the school,” he continued.
The district involved law enforcement, and they both questioned the boy on the second day of the new school year. They also reportedly searched him and determined he had no gun.
“It took us five minutes to handle this situation and handle it appropriately,” Martindale said. “It was before school started. We had two younger students report something to our elementary principal. By 7:55 the elementary principal tracked that student down that had the posting.”
Thankfully the situation didn’t last very long, but it’s quite clear that firearm hysteria can grip even rural Texas towns that arm some of their teachers.
The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office believed that there was still a need to investigate, despite the fact that there was no threat to the school and no evidence of the boy holding a gun at any point in the last four years.
“The issue was not the the juvenile had a firearm, he was under adult supervision at the time he had the firearm,” Lt. Daniel Wagnon said. “The sole reason for the investigation was the the comment was made about the school in conjunction with a firearm.”
Despite the fact that the photo was old, there was no threat, and the entire ordeal lasted less than five minutes, the school is still going to punish the student “according to district policy.” It is unclear which district policy he violated in his non-threat.
Apparently, the County Attorney is currently reviewing the case as well, and no charges have been filed as of publication. Hopefully, none will be, as punishing the student in-house is crazy enough.
Let’s hope this misunderstanding doesn’t get too far out of hand, which is all too likely in the hysterical world we live in.
https://www.westernjournal.com/texa...campaign=homepage&utm_content=western-journal
September 2, 2019
The Iola Independent School District of Iola, Texas, has decided to discipline a student after a 4-year-old photo of him resurfaced on social media, according to KBTX-TV.
The photo, which was posted on Facebook on August 22, was allegedly of the now junior high-aged student holding a handgun under adult supervision back when he was 9 years old.
Investigators jumped on the post when they noticed that the picture’s caption mentioned “school” in a non-threatening manner.
Scott Martindale, superintendent of the Iola ISD, defended the investigation while making sure to alleviate any fears that parents, teachers or students may have felt.
“It was a young student, had a handgun in the picture and part of the wording on the picture it had the word ‘school’ in it,” he said. “So we take that stuff very seriously here.”
“As we investigated we found out the picture was a four-year-old picture. The picture had a caption that mentioned school. It did not threaten the school whatsoever it just mentioned the school,” he continued.
The district involved law enforcement, and they both questioned the boy on the second day of the new school year. They also reportedly searched him and determined he had no gun.
“It took us five minutes to handle this situation and handle it appropriately,” Martindale said. “It was before school started. We had two younger students report something to our elementary principal. By 7:55 the elementary principal tracked that student down that had the posting.”
Thankfully the situation didn’t last very long, but it’s quite clear that firearm hysteria can grip even rural Texas towns that arm some of their teachers.
The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office believed that there was still a need to investigate, despite the fact that there was no threat to the school and no evidence of the boy holding a gun at any point in the last four years.
“The issue was not the the juvenile had a firearm, he was under adult supervision at the time he had the firearm,” Lt. Daniel Wagnon said. “The sole reason for the investigation was the the comment was made about the school in conjunction with a firearm.”
Despite the fact that the photo was old, there was no threat, and the entire ordeal lasted less than five minutes, the school is still going to punish the student “according to district policy.” It is unclear which district policy he violated in his non-threat.
Apparently, the County Attorney is currently reviewing the case as well, and no charges have been filed as of publication. Hopefully, none will be, as punishing the student in-house is crazy enough.
Let’s hope this misunderstanding doesn’t get too far out of hand, which is all too likely in the hysterical world we live in.
https://www.westernjournal.com/texa...campaign=homepage&utm_content=western-journal
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That depends on if he was a bad guy GI Joe. Apparently mine was a real bad guy. And so was that army of green plastic soldiers.
Appropriately? REALLY. A four year old picture of a nine year old with an adult supervising requires LEO involvement and questioning? Seems the idiotic snowflake attitude is alive and well in Texas - who'd a thunk that would ever happen?As we investigated we found out the picture was a four-year-old picture. The picture had a caption that mentioned school. It did not threaten the school whatsoever it just mentioned the school,” he continued.
The district involved law enforcement, and they both questioned the boy on the second day of the new school year. They also reportedly searched him and determined he had no gun.
“It took us five minutes to handle this situation and handle it appropriately,” Martindale said. “It was before school started. We had two younger students report something to our elementary principal. By 7:55 the elementary principal tracked that student down that had the posting.”
Ok so how was the word "school" used in the post? I mean that could mean everything. "Here i am practicing at the range so i can go shoot up the school when I'm done" or "Mom just took me to the range to practice when i got out of school". Both have the word school and they are hugely different statements......Just basing this on one word is idiotic, basing it on a threatening statement would be fine.
I seriously doubt as a 9 year ols he was posting about shooting up his school. Probably more like "I wish my friends form school could see me shooting" or similar.
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