Boy Posts Threat, Faces Expulsion; 20 kids saw web get suspension
Techtree.com
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Costa Mesa, California (US):
A California middle school student faces possible expulsion for allegedly posting graphic threats against his classmate on the popular MySpace.com Web site. Further, twenty-odd classmates of his have been suspended for viewing the posting.
The boy - whom officials refuse to identify, created a group on MySpace.com wherein he allegedly posted expletive and anti-semitic remarks about a female classmate at the Tewinkle Middle School in Costa Mesa besides threatening to shoot her repeatedly in the head. The police are investigating the boy's comments about his classmate as a possible hate crime; and the Costa Mesa district is trying to expel him.
Twenty of the boy's classmates - who viewed the boy's site and whose pictures were posted as members of the boy's group of buddies, have already completed two-day suspensions.
Techtree.com
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Costa Mesa, California (US):
A California middle school student faces possible expulsion for allegedly posting graphic threats against his classmate on the popular MySpace.com Web site. Further, twenty-odd classmates of his have been suspended for viewing the posting.
The boy - whom officials refuse to identify, created a group on MySpace.com wherein he allegedly posted expletive and anti-semitic remarks about a female classmate at the Tewinkle Middle School in Costa Mesa besides threatening to shoot her repeatedly in the head. The police are investigating the boy's comments about his classmate as a possible hate crime; and the Costa Mesa district is trying to expel him.
Twenty of the boy's classmates - who viewed the boy's site and whose pictures were posted as members of the boy's group of buddies, have already completed two-day suspensions.
