High school student says he was arrested for killing dinosaur in class assignment

[jnelsoninjax]

SUMMERVILLE, SC (WCSC) -

A 16-year-old Summerville High School student says he was arrested Tuesday morning and suspended after writing about killing a dinosaur using a gun.

Alex Stone said he and his classmates were told in class to write a few sentences about themselves, and a "status" as if it was a Facebook page.

Stone said in his "status" he wrote a fictional story that involved the words "gun" and "take care of business."

"I killed my neighbor's pet dinosaur, and, then, in the next status I said I bought the gun to take care of the business," Stone said.

Stone says his statements were taken completely out of context.

"I could understand if they made him re-write it because he did have "gun" in it. But a pet dinosaur?" said Alex's mother Karen Gray."I mean first of all, we don't have dinosaurs anymore. Second of all, he's not even old enough to buy a gun."

Investigators say the teacher contacted school officials after seeing the message containing the words "gun" and "take care of business," and police were then notified on Tuesday.

Summerville police officials say Stone's bookbag and locker were searched on Tuesday, and a gun was not found.

According to Gray, Stone was suspended for the rest of the week. Gray says she is furious that the school did not contact her before her son was arrested.

She says her son followed directions and completed an assignment.

"If the school would have called me and told me about the paper and asked me to come down and discussed everything and, at least, get his point-of-view on the way he meant it. I never heard from the school, never. They never called me," said Gray.

Stone and his mother say they understand the sensitive nature of what he wrote, but they say it was a rash reaction to an innocent situation.

"I regret it because they put it on my record, but I don't see the harm in it," Stone said."I think there might have been a better way of putting it, but I think me writing like that, it shouldn't matter unless I put it out towards a person."

According to police, when Stone was asked by school officials about the comment written on the assignment, he said it was a joke.

Summerville police officials say Stone was disruptive and was told that he was being detained for disturbing schools.

Stone was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. District officials say the student has been suspended.

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[ATLien_0]

Two likely scenarios 

 

A) We are not seeing the full side of the story, kid did in fact get disorderly and maybe the mother was called

 

B) The school took the assignment too seriously, and went too far on punishment. 

 

We all know with these mass shootings people are tense about this subject, but if in fact the kid did nothing wrong other than the assignment then an arrest shouldn't be warranted. This is one of those scenarios, that again if the kid in fact did nothing harming anyone that a simple talk with a counselor and the parents would help.  

[Brony]

Nobody mess with dinosaurs... well, except an asteroid.

[Brendeth]

Are we sure this wasn't a creationist school? Maybe the teacher disliked the idea of Dinosaurs ever existing :P

[Pam14160]

Time to call "I'm a Damn Good Lawyer."  . . . :woot:

[notuptome2004]

Better Call Saul.

 

 

Saul Goodman:To the School "  Did you not plan for this contingency? I mean the Starship Enterprise had a self-destruct button. I'm just saying. "

 

 

The School : The student  He said he was gonna break my legs. And don't tell me he didn't mean it, okay? 'Cause he gave me the dead mackerel eyes. He meant it. 

[tbarnett]

So he's responsible for their extinction.  What a monster!

[macoman]

Yeah... The teacher probably is scare to death to guns and she over exaggerated and called police. Knowing how this country is... Will not be surprise if the mother file a lawsuit.

[DocM]

Lots of that going on. There are numerous cases where the cops were called and a kid expelled for bringing a 2" plastic toy soldier to school.

[Ryoken]

The only response I have to this, is http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/07/11/steven-spielberg-is-a-disgusting-dinosaur-hunter-internet-says/ ...

[COKid]

Yeah... The teacher probably is scare to death to guns and she over exaggerated and called police. Knowing how this country is... Will not be surprise if the mother file a lawsuit.

 

Did you read the entire article?

 

"Investigators say the teacher contacted school officials after seeing the message containing the words "gun" and "take care of business," and police were then notified on Tuesday."

 

Sorry, with all the school shootings we've had in the US, I'd rather error on the side of safety.

[macoman]

Did you read the entire article?

"Investigators say the teacher contacted school officials after seeing the message containing the words "gun" and "take care of business," and police were then notified on Tuesday."

Sorry, with all the school shootings we've had in the US, I'd rather error on the side of safety.

That's what I mean, that the teacher got scared when saw the word "gun" and yeah, also the "take care of business". I will ask the kids first to find out what is going. We are not talking about older teens, like 15 to 18, that can able to carryout a real massacre.

[Hum]

I killed a butterfly, so disaster doesn't happen in the Future. :ninja: