A 13-year-old Virginia student was suspended from school during finals for allegedly wiping his hands on the American flag after using the bathroom, say reports.
Moses Hinton, a student at Plaza Middle School in Virginia Beach, denies wiping his hands on the stars and stripes, saying "I was coming up the stairs and I lost my balance and I touched the flag," reports WAVY-TV.
Hinton's family believes their son was suspended because he is the only African-American seventh grader in the school's gifted program - despite the school having an African-American principal - and has retained attorney Wayne Scriven to explore possible legal action, reports WTKR-TV.
"You have a bright, gifted, young black male; it seems to be an attempt to pour ice water on his motivation," Scriven told WTKR-TV.
"A teacher observed a student who recently returned from the restroom using the American flag as a hand towel," school spokesperson Eileen Cox told WAVY-TV. She added "the student indicated to the teacher that there were no paper towels in the restroom."
Hinton says he was coming from the bathroom, but that he wiped his hands on his pants because it was out of paper towels.
"It has had an emotional impact on my son's education," Hinton's mother, Victoria said.
The school said it suspended Hinton for defacing school property in accordance with its code of conduct.
However, no visible damage to the flag was found.
Moses Hinton has had other issues with school staff in the past two years that she viewed as unfair. The family does not want to sue for discrimination, but she wants her son's record cleared.
SOURCE: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/virginia-student-suspended-wiping-hands-american-flag-article-1.1092001
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If people don't respect the nations they are living in then the shouldn't be there, fact.
And if a child is already taking this attitude then it is obviously something he has picked up from his parents, and they are obviously players of the system because as soon as he is held accountable for his actions they go and play the racism card.
We are foreigners in our own countries.
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByHugoBoppets (47.10) 
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Not racism, FU*king IGNORANCE on their child AND parent for defending him. I don't care what flag it is, that isn't right. Now if it was the Quran, i'd giggle JUST a little..
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByStevesenna (89.94) Stevesenna View Channel Send Message
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@Stevesenna The american flag is worth more than that faggoty quran.
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByOhyawellfuku (508.80) 
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Obama, this boys real father, wipes his a$$ with the constitution all the time.
Posted Jun-9-2012 Bymattb1974 (1072.58) 
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Fuck that ***** - how dare he disrespect my flag.
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByOhyawellfuku (508.80) 
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@Ohyawellfuku Amen!
Posted Jun-9-2012 Byfotoman4u2 (3430.30) 
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Cry "racism" and everyone runs for cover!
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByBunkerGearGal (915.34) 
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obamas son needs skittles and money
Posted Jun-9-2012 Bybrako (1313.04) 
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It's always about race with these idiots.
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByWE ARE POWER (3486.96) 
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"I was coming up the stairs and I lost my balance and I touched the flag,"
You'd think after all that fine edgamakation that he'd be able to make up a better excuse than that.
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByUSA1 (3680.74) 
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@USA1 "Hinton's family believes their son was suspended because he is the only African-American seventh grader in the school's gifted program..."
Notice anything in that quote? :)
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByWE ARE POWER (3486.96) 
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@WE ARE POWER
He's a seventh grader in the 1st grade gifted program?
Whenever one of them is murdered in a crack deal gone bad they are always described as one of or a combination of: athlete, honor student, aspiring rapper.
Posted Jun-9-2012 Bye4bannan (27880.04) 
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@e4bannan
and "good son" or "loving chile' that never be hurting no bodies..."
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByWE ARE POWER (3486.96) 
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Anything fo freeeee money....what a HUGE shock!
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByDisturbed (310.30) 
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I wonder what low standards have to be in place for a monkey to get into the "gifted" program.
Posted Jun-9-2012 Bydaisygun (184.00) 
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Little bastard probably did do it...
Posted Jun-9-2012 BySpicyWeiner (133.60) 
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""I was coming up the stairs and I lost my balance and I touched the flag,"
BULL FUCKING SHIT!
This is the patriotism that Obama is allowing in our schools!
Posted Jun-9-2012 Byfotoman4u2 (3430.30) 
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"I lost my balance."
Seriously? Come on. You're gifted and that's the best you can come up with?
Posted Jun-9-2012 Byjum_runky (1528.34) 
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*hears Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton's phone ringing*
idiots
Posted Jun-9-2012 ByWyseguy67 (4033.70) 
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