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| Autistic Boy Charged With Making Terrorist Threats Over Stick-Figure Sketch |
| 2010-05-14 |
| SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - A fourteen-year-old autistic boy is facing terrorist charges after a sketch he made in school. Looks like the school district has more money than they need if they are willing to devote attention to this situation in this manner. Have the counselor look at it instead if they must. The sketch shows two stick-figures. One of them is labeled 'Me' and is shown shooting a gun at another with a teacher's name above it. You can get this kind of reaction from an autistic kid for the smallest denial of a preferred activity or item. Nothing to see here, folks. Karen Finn says that her son, 8th grader Shane Finn, doesn't understand why he is in trouble. She says the boy is autistic and has the mental capacity of a 3rd grader. That's OK, some adults in positions of responsibility have the maturity and mental capacity of a third grader, too. Officials at Ridgeview Charter School say the student will face a tribunal and is being charged with making terrorist threats. We need better school officals. These folks don't have a clue and don't belong where they are. A charter school? I thought they were supposed to know better. Finn says she plans to fight the charges. Why bother? Let them show the world what they are. Then sue them in court and take home a pile of $$$. Hitting them in the pocketbook is the best way to get a school district's attention. |
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