A Las Vegas family is suing the Clark County School District for viewpoint discrimination after their teenage son was expelled for posting stickers in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), alleging students who walked out of class in protest of ICE faced no comparable punishment."He was definitely treated unfairly," George Crossman, the student's father, told Fox News Digital."We did address that with the assistant principal and principal.
And they claimed that was just a truancy issue...because they walked off the campus."The federal lawsuit, filed May 14, alleges district officials violated the student's First Amendment rights and retaliated against him for engaging in protected political speech.The student, identified in court filings only as N.C., attended East Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas.
According to the lawsuit, students across the district participated in anti-ICE walkouts on Jan.21, carrying signs and expressing opposition to federal immigration enforcement policies.LAS VEGAS SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY EXPELLING STUDENT FOR PRO-ICE SIGNS DEEMED RACISTA Las Vegas family says their son was expelled for posting pro-ICE stickers around campus following a student walkout protesting ICE.
(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)N.C.told Fox News Digital that he and a friend decided to respond the following day by creating several small pro-ICE stickers featuring the school's Titans logo and slogans supporting immigration enforcement."We decided that, hey, we should make something to show our view that we support ICE," N.C.
said.According to the complaint, the stickers included phrases such as "ICE Immigration Enforcement," "Border Security Academy Deportation Force" and "Titans ICE." School administrators removed the stickers before classes began.N.C.
said he was later pulled from class and questioned by Assistant Principal Thomas Smith, who allegedly told him some students could view the stickers as threatenin...