Two Texas Students Sue Schools to Freely Protest the Pledge

Style Magazine Newswire | 11/3/2017, 8:06 a.m.
A pair of Houston, Texas high school students are taking their respective schools to court over the right to protest …
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A pair of Houston, Texas high school students are taking their respective schools to court over the right to protest during the pledge of allegiance. India Landry, a 17-year-old senior at Windfern High School, was expelled for sitting during the pledge. India's reasons for sitting reflected similar reasons former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick began protesting last year. The teen's mother, Kizzy, filed a federal lawsuit that claims the teen was threatened by police if she did not arrive within five minutes to retrieve India after the expulsion, according to The Root. As of Friday, Oct. 6, India was allowed to return to school but she remains steadfast and will continue her protest despite possible backlash. According to The New York Times, a second student only identified as M.O. is a senior at Klein Oak High School outside of Houston. She began her protest as a freshman in 2014. The students’ lawsuits state that the schools violated his clients’ first, fifth and 14th Amendment rights, attorney Randall Kallinen told media.

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