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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Black seventh-grader played with a toy gun during a virtual class. His school called the police.
Last edited Tue Sep 8, 2020, 02:23 PM - Edit history (1)
Dani Elliott was at work last month in Colorado Springs when her 12-year-old sons vice principal called with alarming news: A police officer was on the way to her house all because her son had played with a toy gun during his virtual art class.
Elliott says she was terrified, especially considering her son is Black.
I never thought: You cant play with a Nerf gun in your own home because somebody may perceive it as a threat and call the police on you, Elliott said.
Elliotts son, Isaiah, was later suspended for five days and now has a record with the El Paso County Sheriffs Office and a mark on his school disciplinary paperwork saying he brought a facsimile of a firearm to school even though he was in his own home doing a virtual class. The gun was obviously a toy, painted black and green with Zombie Hunter on the side.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-black-seventh-grader-played-with-a-toy-gun-during-a-virtual-class-his-school-called-the-police/ar-BB18OEXZ?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=DELLDHP
On edit: This is the toy gun. The lime green color, orange tip and the plastic sheen clearly identifies it as a toy.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,304 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)The LEO who went to the boys house was surely able to see that it was a toy.
ChazII
(6,200 posts)( I forget the name) and they showed the Nerf gun. It was lime green at the top.
Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,304 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)and goes after the school district.
crickets
(25,950 posts)Meanwhile, grown white men can storm into government meetings with real guns with no problem...
Here's how things should happen in a sane world:
- Parent sends message to teacher about toy gun and/or teacher notices toy gun.
- Teacher admonishes student to put the toy away during class time.
- Isaiah puts toy gun away and pays attention to class.
Done. How hard is that?