Remember when a little kid was suspended from school for biting a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun?
Something just as ridiculous just happened in Louisiana.
Why are we punishing children for keeping seemingly harmless items in their bedrooms?
Ka Mauri Harrison, a fourth grader at Woodmere Elementary in Harvey, was taking a virtual class in his bedroom when his younger brother came into the room and tripped over a BB gun. The 9-year-old leaned away from his English test, grabbed the unloaded weapon and put it next to his chair, away from his brother but in view of the computer camera that showed the scene to his teacher and classmates.
By the end of the day, he was facing suspension from school — and possible expulsion.
Citing a policy based on in-class instruction that administrators have relied on during the coronavirus pandemic, officials from the Jefferson Parish Public school system suspended Ka Mauri for six days because he handled the BB gun during the virtual class, documents show.
Boys holding a BB gun, Omaha, Nebraska, 1953(Photo by N/A/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)