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Police gone wild...14-year-old wears NRA t-shirt to school, winds up facing
a year in jail
By Robert Laurie, Canada Free Press - Sunday, June 16, 2013
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/55944
If you live in scenic Logan County West Virginia, you should know that your
out-of-control police and judges are willing to arrest and prosecute
14-year-olds if they're wearing the wrong t-shirt. That's the lesson being
learned by middle-schooler Jared Marcum, who was suspended, and subsequently
arrested, after refusing to remove the NRA t-shirt he wore to class. Back
in April, Jared was in line for lunch when a teacher spotted his shirt. It
read "NRA - Protect Your Rights" and featured a drawing of a .308 caliber
semi-automatic rifle. The outraged "educator" gave him three options.
Since it's just a t-shirt, all three of Jared's choices were ridiculous:
A: Turn the shirt inside out
B: Change his clothes
C: Go to the principal's office where he'd be suspended
Mr. Marcum refused to remove the violent, deeply offensive, piece of cotton
and that's when the cops were summoned. According to the student they were
called solely "Because I would not take this shirt off. Because I believe
that I should have a right to wear this." Before anyone starts claiming that
the shirt must have violated some dress code, be aware that the school only
forbids shirts featuring depictions of violence, profanity, and
discrimination. The last time we checked, a belief in the Second Amendment
didn't fall into any of those categories.
According to Logan County court documents, when police arrived, Jared
refused to be silent. His talking supposedly interfered with the officer's
ability to do his very important t-shirt investigation, so the boy was
arrested for "disturbing the education process" and obstruction. Normally,
this is the kind of thing you might expect would have been done to scare the
kid into shutting his trap. Surely there would be no need to file actual
charges. Besides, even if the cops got a little zealous a judge would drop
any complaints once Jared learned a valuable lesson about standing up his
right to bear arms. ...right?
Sorry, not in Logan County West Virginia. They take random acts of "t-shirt
wearing" seriously. Friday, Judge Eric O'Brien decided that Jared Marcum
should own up to the repercussions of his unspeakable crime and allowed the
prosecution to move forward with the case. The boy now faces trial and
possible penalties ranging from $500 in fines to a year in jail. If you
think that's outrageous, you should just be grateful that the police have
backed away from their initial, evidently unfounded, claims that Marcum made
"terroristic threats."
Can anyone remember when schools taught kids to stand up for their rights,
rather than persecuting them for doing so? We'll keep an eye on this case.
a year in jail
By Robert Laurie, Canada Free Press - Sunday, June 16, 2013
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/55944
If you live in scenic Logan County West Virginia, you should know that your
out-of-control police and judges are willing to arrest and prosecute
14-year-olds if they're wearing the wrong t-shirt. That's the lesson being
learned by middle-schooler Jared Marcum, who was suspended, and subsequently
arrested, after refusing to remove the NRA t-shirt he wore to class. Back
in April, Jared was in line for lunch when a teacher spotted his shirt. It
read "NRA - Protect Your Rights" and featured a drawing of a .308 caliber
semi-automatic rifle. The outraged "educator" gave him three options.
Since it's just a t-shirt, all three of Jared's choices were ridiculous:
A: Turn the shirt inside out
B: Change his clothes
C: Go to the principal's office where he'd be suspended
Mr. Marcum refused to remove the violent, deeply offensive, piece of cotton
and that's when the cops were summoned. According to the student they were
called solely "Because I would not take this shirt off. Because I believe
that I should have a right to wear this." Before anyone starts claiming that
the shirt must have violated some dress code, be aware that the school only
forbids shirts featuring depictions of violence, profanity, and
discrimination. The last time we checked, a belief in the Second Amendment
didn't fall into any of those categories.
According to Logan County court documents, when police arrived, Jared
refused to be silent. His talking supposedly interfered with the officer's
ability to do his very important t-shirt investigation, so the boy was
arrested for "disturbing the education process" and obstruction. Normally,
this is the kind of thing you might expect would have been done to scare the
kid into shutting his trap. Surely there would be no need to file actual
charges. Besides, even if the cops got a little zealous a judge would drop
any complaints once Jared learned a valuable lesson about standing up his
right to bear arms. ...right?
Sorry, not in Logan County West Virginia. They take random acts of "t-shirt
wearing" seriously. Friday, Judge Eric O'Brien decided that Jared Marcum
should own up to the repercussions of his unspeakable crime and allowed the
prosecution to move forward with the case. The boy now faces trial and
possible penalties ranging from $500 in fines to a year in jail. If you
think that's outrageous, you should just be grateful that the police have
backed away from their initial, evidently unfounded, claims that Marcum made
"terroristic threats."
Can anyone remember when schools taught kids to stand up for their rights,
rather than persecuting them for doing so? We'll keep an eye on this case.