Missouri student suspended over soda can 'rifle' art; Family sues school district

Missouri Mom Sues School After Son Suspended for Making Soda Can “Rifle” Art at Home

Missouri Mom Sues School After Son Suspended for Making Soda Can “Rifle” Art at Home Mountain View, Missouri  – A Missouri mother is suing her local school district after her 13-year-old son was suspended for posting a photo of soda cans glued together in the shape of a rifle—an art project made entirely at home. The case raises serious questions about the limits of school authority and the erosion of students’ constitutional rights. What Happen…

Mom sues school after teen son is suspended for gluing cans to resemble a rifle

Missouri mother says her son’s school violated his First and 14th Amendment rights

Student Suspended Over Soda Can Rifle Missouri Mother Files Lawsuit Against School - Miamistandard News

A mother is suing a Missouri school for suspending her 13-year-old son after he organised cans of Dr. Pepper into the shape of a weapon and shared a photo of the arrangement on Snapchat. “This is unconscionable—my son never hurt or threatened a single person,” Riley Grunden, the student’s mother, said in a statement released by the Goldwater Institute, which represents the 13-year-old. “Instead of using common sense, our own school district trea…

Mother Initiates Lawsuit Following Sons School Suspension - Patriot Newsfeed

In the latest flashpoint over student speech rights and school overreach, a Missouri mother is suing her son’s school district after the 13-year-old was suspended for posting a photo of soda cans arranged in the shape of a rifle on Snapchat — a post made entirely off-campus and without any threats attached. The controversy centers around a seemingly innocuous (if admittedly edgy) arrangement of Dr. Pepper cans in a formation resembling an AK-47.…

Missouri student suspended over soda can 'rifle' art; Family sues school district

HOWELL COUNTY, Mo. - A Missouri middle school student and his family are suing their school district after the student was suspended for sharing a photo of a homemade art project on Snapchat. The project, made from glued-together Dr. Pepper cans, appeared to resemble a rifle. According to the lawsuit, the Mountain View-Birch Tree School District suspended the accused student, a 13-year-old boy, for three days after a parent saw the post and repo…

Mom Sues School After Son Suspended Over Soda Cans in Shape of Rifle

Riley Grunden is suing a school district over the suspension her son received for a photo of Dr. Pepper cans arranged in the shape of rifle.