Sure, This Makes Sense
A student at McHenry (Ill.) Community High School has been disciplined after “doodling” in his own notebook. His drawing features the initials “D.L.K.” which, school officials told his mother, “could” mean “Disciples Latin King” — the Latin Kings and the Latin Disciples are two rival gangs. His mother says he’s not a member of any gang. But under the school’s zero tolerance rules about gang activity, the boy was suspended, and the school board voted unanimously to expel Derek Leon Kelly from any state-funded school for the rest of the school year, rejecting his explanation that the initials he drew are simply his own. (Chicago Tribune) ...Leaving him nothing to do but join a gang.
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