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NW Ind. district: Facebook comments posed threat
Updated: Wednesday, 13 Jun 2012, 9:11 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 13 Jun 2012, 9:11 AM EDT
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Attorneys for a northwestern Indiana school district say three eighth-grade girls posed a true threat to other students when they were expelled for Facebook comments about killing some of their classmates.
The Griffith Public Schools says in a response to a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the girls that two of the threatened students were so fearful that they missed school time.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is representing the expelled girls. An ACLU attorney says it was clear the girls were joking because their remarks were accompanied by smiley faces and other emoticons, along with Internet abbreviations for laughter, such as LOL.
The school district's response says the girls' comments aren't protected by the First Amendment and refutes arguments that the statements were made in jest.
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