School Bans Teen From Flying American Flag, Community Outrage Ensues [+video]

Peyton Robinson, a senior at York Comprehensive High School in South Carolina, was flying an American flag and a POW-MIA flag on the back of his truck – until the school took them off his truck. . .

When he arrived at school on Wednesday, a school administrator told Robinson to take the flags down, saying “someone” had complained about them. He was later pulled out of class and told to meet an administrator in the parking lot, he said, where he found school officials had already removed the bolts that secured the flags, took the flags down, and “laid my flags in the middle of my truck when I wasn’t even there” . . .

The community has rallied around Robinson and his flags and staged a demonstation. As many as 70 cars full of students and adults arrived at the school with people waving flags along the street. . .

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Under overwhelming public outcry, the school gave in. An announcement on the school district says:

Due to the outstanding display of patriotism through peaceful demonstration, it is apparent to us that many are not happy about this policy. School officials have reviewed the standing policy regarding flags and have decided that an exception will be made for the American flag, as long as the size of the flag(s) does not create a driving hazard.

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