Student in Court Over Suspension For YouTube Video

kozmonaut writes "A model student is in court this week over 40-day suspension for posting a mocking in-class video to YouTube of 'Mongzilla', a high school english teacher. The student is arguing he had First Amendment rights to publish the video, though it was filmed without permission in the classroom. 'Kent School District lawyer Charles Lind says the suspension had nothing to do with online criticism of the teacher. Rather, it was punishment for the disruption created by the students secreting a video camera into Joyce Mong's class and dancing in a mocking, disrespectful manner while her back was turned. "It's quite clear that the district is talking about conduct in the classroom and not the videotape," Lind said.'"

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Perfectly reasonable

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Seems like a perfectly reasonable suspension to me. If someone is stupid enough to post a video on a public forum, he should be ready to accept the consequences of somebody seeing that video. To take the situation to the extreme, if someone posts a video on Youtube of themselves killing somebody else, would you want a 1st amendment defense to hold for them.