In one Pennsylvania school district, officials reported, as many as 20 students were suspended, expelled, or turned over to the police in the 10 days following the Colorado shooting.
Any nonconformist student fits some sort of profile of a killer.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is helping Boccia appeal an in-school suspension she received after refusing to remove a black armband protesting school policies enacted after the Colorado school shooting spree. In Georgia, school officials weren't too concerned when they learned that Antonius Brown, a Stephen King fan, wrote a private journal entry fantasizing about school violence. But that was in January. The ACLU sued on McNew's behalf and won. In Florida, a student was immediately suspended for violating the school's zero-tolerance policy against weapons, when a teacher noticed a pair of nail clippers on her desk.