{"id":3511,"date":"2013-07-03T10:04:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2013-07-03T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T15:10:24","slug":"he-hasnt-even-started-high-school-and-hes-taking-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/bristolpalin\/2013\/07\/he-hasnt-even-started-high-school-and-hes-taking-a-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"He Hasn\u2019t Even Started High School, And He\u2019s Taking a Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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It\u2019s hard to believe this can happen in America, but it has:<\/a><\/p>\n

Jared Marcum is 14 years old. He just graduated the eighth grade. And if prosecutors in Logan, W.Va., have their way, he will be a convict before he can legally operate a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n

Jared was thrust into the national limelight when, standing in the Logan Middle School cafeteria line, he refused a teacher\u2019s order to turn his NRA T-shirt inside out to hide its image of a hunting rifle. In the principal\u2019s office, he explained that the shirt was not in violation of school policy and that the teacher\u2019s order was a violation of his rights. After consulting the school\u2019s policy manual and putting in a call to the school attorney, the teacher conceded. That should have been the end of the kerfuffle.<\/p>\n

But about that time, the local police chief arrived, accompanied by two officers. A little while later, Jared was accompanied out of the office in handcuffs. In the interim, says Ben White, Jared\u2019s attorney, police had demanded that Jared sit down and be quiet. Jared did the former but not the latter, insisting on telling his side of the story. As his frustration rose, so did the officers\u2019: One of them threatened Jared with a terrorism charge. When the officer insisted that he had a right to arrest Jared, the eighth-grader said he understood and respected this right \u2014 and held up his wrists. Officer James Adkins nonetheless cuffed him for \u201cobstructing an officer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more here<\/a>. Can you believe that? Way to go, Jared, for taking a stand!<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Charges were dropped<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Read more on\u00a0the Faith and Family Channel<\/a>, fan me on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and follow this blog on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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