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Louisiana school board settles BB gun suspension lawsuits
Ka Mauri Harrison, a nine-year-old Harvey fourth grader who was suspended last month after he moved a BB gun out of the way of his younger brother, testified Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at the State Capitol. (The Advocate / Bill Feig)
A Louisiana school board agreed to pay $165,000 to settle lawsuits by parents of two children suspended last year for holding BB guns during online classes.
Posted: Jul 10, 2021 4:25 PM
Posted By: Whit Abney
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A Louisiana school board agreed to pay $165,000 to settle lawsuits by parents of two children suspended last year for holding BB guns during online classes.
You may recall the story of Ka’Mauri Harrison, the Louisiana elementary school student who was suspended from school last year after a teacher briefly spotted a BB gun in Harrison’s room during a virtual class session. Harrison had simply picked up the BB gun from the floor of his bedroom and put it away so that his younger brother wouldn’t trip over it, but the mere sight of the BB gun through the boy’s laptop camera was enough to cause the Jefferson Parish School District to claim that Harrison had violated the district’s weapons policy, and they barred from attending class, even online, for several weeks.