MLive: Saline students sue school district for punishment from racist Snapchat group

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Saline students sue school district for punishment from racist Snapchat group

 

SALINE, MI - Four Saline High School students have filed a federal lawsuit claiming the school district should not be able to discipline them for sending racist messages to fellow students in a Snapchat group.

 

The four unidentified students filed the lawsuit Tuesday, Feb. 11, in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claiming the district suspended two students, who have since returned to classes, while expulsion has been recommended for two others. The students who returned to classes did so after they “completed a class on racism,” according to the lawsuit.

 

“The school is acting outside the scope of its authority, has no legal right to impose the discipline carried out, and has violated our clients’ constitutional rights by their reckless and hasty rush to judgment,” David A. Kallman, attorney for the children, said in a statement.

 

The lawsuit claims the district does not have authority to punish the students for sending the messages because they were sent from their “homes, privately owned phones, on a non-school day.”

 

The students are seeking a declaration that the district’s actions were unconstitutional, the lawsuit states.

 

It asks for a complete expungement of any reference to suspension or expulsion from their transcripts and records and that changes be made to district policies and procedures so no other students are punished for engaging in non-school related and off-campus free speech.

 

The lawsuit also asks that the students be awarded legal costs and attorney fees.

 

The incident involving the Snapchat group was brought to the district’s attention Monday, Jan. 27, Saline Superintendent Scot Graden previously said in a letter to parents. Administrators conducted an investigation and determined the incident represents “an act of racism that created harm to all of our students, especially students of color," Graden wrote.

 

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[TheGreatBuzz]

This world seriously needs an enema.  Can we get this whole tribulation thing going yet?  I got **** to do.

[Simmsy]

This has "The Streisand Effect" written all over it.