17-year old India Landry, a senior at Windfern High School, was expelled for sitting during the pledge. Prior to her being kicked out of school on Monday, Oct 2, Ms Landry sat “hundreds of times” during the pledge since beginning at the school. That didn’t matter to principal Martha Strother at the time.......Hmmmm!
In reaction to her expulsion, Landry’s mother, Kizzy and her family is bringing a federal lawsuit against the school alleging that India was threatened by police and that her First Amendment rights were violated. Kizzy, said Saturday that directly after the incident of her actually being noticed as sitting, police made threats toward her daughter unless she showed up within five minutes to pick her up.
“I see what’s going on with the country,” Kizzy said. “I thought let me hurry up and get to my baby before something happens to her.”
Ms Landry says her reason for sitting during the pledge is for “Police brutality” and “Donald Trump being President” She has reportedly allowed to return to school on Friday but she is not comfortable at Windfern High anymore. She also plans on continuing to sit for the pledge....
“Students cannot be instantly expelled except for being a danger,” Randall Kallinen, the family’s lawyer, said.
“The only danger appeared to be that her sitting whipped Principal Strother into a political frenzy".
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