03/06/10

From mlive.com

Ionia School Violates Child's Constitutional Rights

Ionia kindergartner suspended for making gun with hand

By Brian McVicar The Grand Rapids Press

IONIA -- To the little boy's mother, it was just a 6-year-old boy playing around.

But when Mason Jammer, a kindergarten student at Jefferson Elementary in Ionia, curled his fist into the shape of a gun Wednesday and pointed it at another student, school officials said it was no laughing matter.

They suspended Mason until Friday, saying the behavior made other students uncomfortable, said Erin Jammer, Mason's mother.

School officials allege Mason had displayed this kind of behavior for several months, despite numerous warnings.

"I do think it's too harsh for a six-year-old," said Jammer, who was previously warned that if Mason continued the practice he would be suspended. "He's six and he just likes to play."

Jammer says her son isn't violent, and there are other, more effective ways of teaching him not to make a gun with his hand.

"Maybe what you could do is take his recess away," suggested Jammer, adding her son doesn't have toy guns at home.

"He's only six and he doesn't understand any of this."

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An anonymous law firm is in contact with the Jammer family and has offered to conduct a pro-bono law-suit against the Ionia School District and the City of Ionia for violation of Mason Jammer's Constitutional and civil rights. Investigators for the law firm are now determining the net worth of the city and school district in order to set a monetary value on the suit.

A spokesman for the law firm stated that they wished to establish a resounding precedent in the continuing battle to restore sanity to American jurisprudence.

(I wish.)

When fingers are outlawed, only outlaws will have fingers.