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“I only just said the song,” said D’Avonte Meadows — he quoted a line from a song he knows at school. The line: “I’m sexy and I know it.” It’s from a song of the same name by the electropop group LMFAO. Wait: he said it at school? Practically a criminal offense: Sable Elementary School in Aurora, Colo., dubbed the utterance “sexual harassment” and suspended the boy. He’s 6 years old. “I think it’s kind of overwhelming,” said his mother, Stephanie. “You know, sexual harassment on a 6-year-old? I don’t understand.” Police kept away, noting criminal statutes only apply to kids starting at age 10. Asked to comment on the case, Denver attorney Craig Silverman said that even children have free speech rights, and school policies should allow for exceptions when kids aren’t old enough to understand rules. “Sometimes when you go to a zero-tolerance policy,” Silverman said, “you end up with a zero-sense policy.” (RC/KMGH Denver, AP) ...“Sometimes”?Original Publication Date: 06 May 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.
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