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A West Virginia eighth-grader student has been charged with 
causing a disruption at his middle school after he refused to 
remove an NRA T-shirt that he wore.

The teenager was reportedly arrested and suspended last week 
after getting into an argument with his teacher about a National 
Rifle Association T-shirt he wore to school.

WOWK-TV reports that Jared Marcum faces charges of obstruction 
and disturbing the education process for refusing to change the 
shirt, which shows a rifle and the slogan, "protect your right."

Jared told the station the he was punished by officials at Logan 
Middle School after arguing about the shirt with his teacher, 
who reportedly objected to the image of the gun on the shirt.

"What they're doing is trying to take away my rights, my freedom 
of speech and my Second Amendment," Jared told the station.

Jared's father, Allen Lardieri, told WOWK-TV he is upset his son 
was briefly jailed for something he believes was blown out of 
proportion.

"I don't see how anybody would have an issue with a hunting 
rifle and NRA put on a T-shirt, especially when policy doesn't 
forbid it," Lardieri told the station.

A Logan County School District official refused a request for 
comment from WOWK-TV, but police in Logan confirmed Jared's 
arrest last Thursday.

On the first day of Jared's suspension, some of his friends 
reportedly wore shirts displaying images of firearms and at 
least one was told by an educator to change their attire, 
according to the report.

Police charged him with disrupting an educational process and 
obstructing an officer, he said.

"The only disturbance was caused by the teacher. He raised his 
voice," he said.

A call to the Logan Police Department rang unanswered on Sunday 
and an automated message said the voice mail system was full.

Lardieri said Marcum wore the shirt during five class periods 
before he was ordered to remove it.

Logan County Schools' dress code, which is posted on the school 
system's website, prohibits clothing and accessories that 
display profanity, violence, discriminatory messages or sexually 
suggestive phrases. Clothing displaying advertisements for any 
alcohol, tobacco, or drug product also is prohibited.

Their lawyer, Ben White, said that the T-shirt did not appear to 
violate any school policy.

"I just don't understand why this teacher reacted the way he 
did," said White, who said he asked school officials to preserve 
surveillance video of the cafeteria.

White said he planned to meet Monday with Principal Ernestine 
Sutherland.

A message left Sunday at a phone listing for an Ernestine 
Sutherland in Logan wasn't immediately returned.

White said schools can place restrictions on students to prevent 
disruptions, but can't take away their First Amendment right to 
free speech.

"If a teacher is telling you to do something that's wrong, I 
don't think you should follow it. But I also don't think you 
need to do it in a disrespectful way," he said, adding that he 
does not think Marcum was disrespectful.

White said he also wants to get the criminal charges dropped.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/21/student-reportedly-arrested-
suspended-after-argument-over-nra-shirt/?intcmp=trending

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