.
A STUDENT HAD TO COVER UP
A CONFEDERATE FLAG ON HIS
JACKET.
NOW A DIFFERENT STUDENT HAS
BEEN SUSPENDED FOR DRIVING HIS
TRUCK WITH A CONFEDERATE FLAG
ON IT THROUGH THE SCHOOL
PARKING LOT.
JON DELANO HAS THE LATEST NEW
AT 6:00.
Reporter:  WHEN ZACHARY CRAZE
SHOWED UP TO SCHOOL HIS
FAVORITE JACKET WITH LOTS OF
EMBLEMS CAUSED A STIR WITH
NORTH ALLEGHENY HIGH SCHOOL
OFFICIALS.
THEY SAID I COULDN'T HAVE
THE REBEL FLAG BECAUSE IT
OFFENDED SOMEONE.
Reporter:  THE SCHOOL MADE
HIM COVER UP THE CONFEDERATE
FLYING.
BUT HIS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS WERE
VIOLATED.
OFFENSIVENESS CANNOT BE THE
TOUCHSTONE OF CENSORSHIP.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY MAY BE
OFFENDED DOES NOT GIVE
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THE RIGHT
TO SENSOR  THAT.
Reporter:  THEN DAKOTA BRADY
WORE A REBEL SKULL CAP TO
SCHOOL.
FIRST THING I SEE ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL SAYING TAKE YOUR HAT
OFF JUST BECAUSE IT HAD THE
REBEL FLAG ON IT.
Reporter:  HE REMOVED HIS
CAP,  BUT WHEN HE DROVE THROUGH
THE PARKING LOT WITH HIS REBEL
FLAG, SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SUSPENDED HIM FOR 3 DAYS
CLAIMING HE WAS DRIVING TOO
FAST.
DAKOTA SAYS HE WAS NOT SPEEDING
AND THE SCHOOL'S RETALIATING
OVER HIS FLAG.
I GET SUSPENDED OVER FALSE
PRETENSES I DON'T SEE THAT AS
RIGHT.
I'M FROM A BIKER FAMILY.
THAT FLAG HAS SHOWN UP ALL
AROUND MY LIFE AND BIKERS TOOK
IT IN BECAUSE IT SHOWED THEM
FREEDOM.
Reporter:  I SPOKE TO SENIOR
OFFICIALS AT NORTH ALLEGHENY
WHO TELL ME YES STUDENTS ARE
BANNED FROM DISPLAYING THE
CONFEDERATE FLAG.
WHY?
NOT BECAUSE OF THE STUDENTS WHO
ARE WEARING THOSE FLAGS,  BUT
BECAUSE OF THE REACTION OF
OTHER STUDENTS WHO THEY FEAR
MIGHT DISRUPT THE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT.
SCHOOLS CAN LIMIT STUDENT
SPEECH,  BUT THE DISRUPTION
MUST BE REAL AND REPEATED.
THE ANSWER IS NOT TO SENSOR
THAT SPEECH BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS
GOT A PROBLEM WITH IT USE IT AS
A TEACHING MOMENT.
Reporter:  WALL CHECK SAYS
IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE WHEN
GOVERNMENT PICKS AND CHOOSES
WHAT'S FREE SPEECH.
ONCE THE GOVERNMENT CAN BAN
THE CONFEDERATE FLAG THEN
WHAT'S NEXT ARE THEY GOING TO
BE ABLE TO BAN REPUBLICAN
SPEECH OR DEMOCRATIC SPEECH ARE
THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BAN
