Alabama school suspends 1st-grader for
making finger gun while playing cops and
robbers, says outraged parent
Fox News,
by
Chris Pandolfo
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
9/9/2023 1:59:18 PM
An outraged parent and gun rights groups are speaking out against an Alabama elementary school that suspended a first-grader, reportedly for making a finger gun.
Jerrod Belcher, whose six-year-old son J.B. attends Bagley Elementary School in Jefferson County, Alabama, says the school over-reacted to a game of "cops and robbers." (snip) According to the attorney and school staff, on September 1, J.B. and another student were playing "cops and robbers" during recess. During the game, the children made pretend guns with their fingers and said "Bang, bang" at each other.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
spacer 9/9/2023 2:14:40 PM (No. 1552752)
ALABAMA ?????????????
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 9/9/2023 2:17:40 PM (No. 1552754)
Their interpretation of FreeDUMB of Speech
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
MissNan 9/9/2023 2:19:11 PM (No. 1552759)
Oh for Pete’s sake!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rivetjoint 9/9/2023 2:40:29 PM (No. 1552772)
If memory serves, this isn't the first time I've heard of some little kid getting in trouble for pretending his hand is a gun. Then there was the little tyke who got suspended for making his pop tart into the shape of a gun. Madness.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 9/9/2023 2:44:54 PM (No. 1552773)
When fingers are outlawed...Oh hell, you know the rest. All I ask is when they remove my fingers let me keep the middle one, because I will surely need it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Kate318 9/9/2023 2:51:33 PM (No. 1552775)
Tyranny of the minority. Two people had issues with this: the person who reported it and the assistant principal. That’s it. Keep this in mind whenever you feel overwhelmed by the culture, and act accordingly.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Birddog 9/9/2023 3:04:54 PM (No. 1552779)
Soooo...was he being the Cop? Or the violent armed Robber?
Was he imitating one of the hundreds of "Hero Cop" shows? Or one of the thousands of Rap Videos?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
SALady 9/9/2023 3:08:57 PM (No. 1552781)
Sadly, I'm sure if the boys had been out on the playground pretending to do homosexual sex acts on each other, they would have gotten an award!!!!
I am so glad that both my daughter and daughter-in-law are both homeschooling their grandchildren. They were both hesitant at first, but the most insane and evil the public schools got (even here in Texas), they knew they had no choice. And both are doing a great job, with my grandbabies all way outperforming their public-school peers (though I'm sure the public-school kids are much better at naming all 92 fictional genders -- which we call mental illness conditions).
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
SALady 9/9/2023 3:09:53 PM (No. 1552782)
Oops, in #7, that should have said "their children -- our grandchildren".
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Hazymac 9/9/2023 3:29:14 PM (No. 1552793)
In Death Wish (1974) after vigilante architect Paul Kersey had been convinced to move out of New York by the NYPD's Frank Ochoa, he alighted in Chicago's O'Hare airport, where some thugs were harassing a woman. He came to her aid and the thugs taunted him. Then he pulled a fully loaded finger and pointed it at them so they would get the message. Wasn't the 2018 Death Wish with Bruce Willis set in Chicago? Violent thugs, especially the armed ones, ought to have to worry that they don't attack the wrong types of people and pay the price. If the worst criminals were off the streets in prison instead of running free through American cities, they wouldn't have to worry about meeting a bad ending, whether by citizen or cop. Vigilante justice is illegal, and should be. But it's understandable.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/9/2023 3:31:11 PM (No. 1552795)
That attitude is more dangerous than every legally owned gun in America.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 9/9/2023 4:09:32 PM (No. 1552805)
This kid is lucky it was just a finger; That he didn't bite a pop tart into an L shape and say bang... The school would have gone into lockdown and he would be headed to prison got that outrage
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 9/9/2023 4:11:07 PM (No. 1552808)
Google the 11 yr old boy from Talledega a few days ago. (He took care of business.)
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I am convinced now more than ever that “professional educators” don’t have a gram of common sense. None. Get your kids out while you can.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
billsv 9/9/2023 4:43:34 PM (No. 1552822)
I am sure more than half the boys in the country would do that but not suspended. Weird!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/9/2023 5:05:10 PM (No. 1552828)
The school administrators obviously do not have any kids. As for the 1st grader, he will probably be ok with staying home.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
smokincol 9/9/2023 5:16:09 PM (No. 1552832)
betcha he was playing the part of the police officer and that's what tee'd off the school officials but for this to happen in Alabama is beyond comprehensible
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
mc squared 9/9/2023 5:58:43 PM (No. 1552850)
I can't express the revulsion I have for teachers and administrators these days.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
plainjane 9/9/2023 6:49:17 PM (No. 1552879)
When this country was being settled, the doctor, teacher and preacher were the most educated and respected people in town. For many decades now college students majoring in Education are generally known by everyone to be the dumbest and laziest on campus. That really explains American education.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Norway 9/9/2023 7:58:10 PM (No. 1552907)
Even in Alabama, woke liberals have commanded the school systems. This is what we get for letting that happen.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
DVC 9/9/2023 8:39:00 PM (No. 1552924)
Far beyond stupid.
Find the fool who did this and make them unemployed.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 9/9/2023 9:14:33 PM (No. 1552935)
If he's the son of a Republican he's incapable of being a mass shooter.
Shooters ALWAYS turn out to be freak leftists.
Bumper Sticker: "Common Sense Gun Control - Leftists Can't Own Guns!"
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 9/9/2023 9:23:24 PM (No. 1552945)
If this boy had given another child the "finger" in a suggestive way, Democrats would applaud and free tickets to Disney World would be on the way. Oh, and free Bud Light to mom and dad.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
mifla 9/10/2023 5:52:27 AM (No. 1553047)
Bobby: "Where is JB?"
Mary: "He got 'spended for pretending to have a gun."
Bobby: "So, he gets to stay home and watch cartoons?"
Mary:"Yep."
Bobby: "Bang, bang, bang!"
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
anniebc 9/10/2023 6:50:10 PM (No. 1553552)
People are so stupid these days.
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