As I was doing more digging into things for the video version of this story I found something that kind of got me frustrated.
The American Flag thing he noted in the speech was partially true, however the kid wasn't kicked out of school and were allowed an excuse absence for not following the school's rules about wearing the American Flag on Cinco De Mayo in 2010. The reason this ban was made was because a group of white students wore the flag to hide behind as they harassed Hispanic students on May 5, 2009: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/school-bans-u-s-flag-t-shirts-cinco-de-mayo/
This happened in a Californian school 1600 miles away from the state senator's district. It also happened over a decade ago in 2010.
This story has lead to false rumors of things like it happening in other schools around the country:
While the state Senator is chasing unproven, false, or misremembered stories under which to project shock and awe. He showed no shock and appall for a school that is 10 miles of his District's eastern boarder. There a school shooting occurred where the vice principal lost her life and the principal was critically wounded in 2011.
The Senator does owe an apology, but not to the furries, he owes it to the staff of the school boards he questioned the integrity of before he did any research on his own, and he owes one particularly to Millard South High School and their staff.
As I was doing more digging into things for the video version of this story I found something that kind of got me frustrated.
The American Flag thing he noted in the speech was partially true, however the kid wasn't kicked out of school and were allowed an excuse absence for not following the school's rules about wearing the American Flag on Cinco De Mayo in 2010. The reason this ban was made was because a group of white students wore the flag to hide behind as they harassed Hispanic students on May 5, 2009: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/school-bans-u-s-flag-t-shirts-cinco-de-mayo/
This happened in a Californian school 1600 miles away from the state senator's district. It also happened over a decade ago in 2010.
This story has lead to false rumors of things like it happening in other schools around the country:
1) In Tennessee: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/did-tennessee-school-district-ban-flag/
2) In South Carolina: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/high-school-bans-flags-from-football-games/
That's not the part that frustrated me.
While the state Senator is chasing unproven, false, or misremembered stories under which to project shock and awe. He showed no shock and appall for a school that is 10 miles of his District's eastern boarder. There a school shooting occurred where the vice principal lost her life and the principal was critically wounded in 2011.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/omaha-school-shooting-millard-south-high-school-ass...
The Senator does owe an apology, but not to the furries, he owes it to the staff of the school boards he questioned the integrity of before he did any research on his own, and he owes one particularly to Millard South High School and their staff.