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Ask, and ye shall receive. Bet you wish you'd asked for winning Powerball numbers instead, huh? Or a pony.If anyone can find the specific dress code of that school it would be awesome.
Here are the only two points that seem potentially relevant:
- Clothing and accessories that display profanity, violence, discriminatory messages or sexually suggestive phrases are not to be worn at school or school functions.
- Clothing that displays advertisements for any alcohol, tobacco, or drug product is not to be worn at school or school functions.
Neither would seem to apply, so it certainly seems the teacher was not acting consistently with school policy. As I mentioned before, that doesn't automatically mean the kid is off the hook. His behavior was also an issue, reportedly.
Speaking of which, here is the most current and complete article I could find tonight: ABC link. Here are a couple of highlights.
As expected, the school says it cannot comment, but:
The Logan City police chief's take on it:When contacted by ABCNews.com about the incident, Logan County Schools Superintendent Wilma Zigmond said that she was not at liberty to discuss students with the media, but indicated that more than the shirt led to the arrest.
"I don't think I've ever known of a student being suspended for a shirt," Zigmond said.
Logan City Police Chief E.K. Harper told ABCNews.com that Marcum was not arrested for wearing a t-shirt, but for "disrupting the school process."
"His conduct in school almost incited a riot," Harper said.
Marcum was not put in jail, Harper said, and was released to his mother after less than 30 minutes at the police station -- normal procedure for a juvenile arrest.
The family's lawyer, Ben White, offers a different view:
So, time will tell.White said that charges being filed against Marcum are pending the prosecutor's office's review of the evidence. But he insisted that it was the teacher who caused the issue by confronting the teen, and that video gathered from the school will prove it.
"I believe the teacher was acting beyond the scope of his employment," he said. "What the video shows is that students did step up on the benches to the tables in the lunchroom when they were escorting Jared out of building. Kids jumped up, clapping. Teachers said to get off and be quiet, and they did."
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"There's no evidence that Jared almost caused a riot," he said. "They won't be able to produce any evidence to that fact.
