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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
‘Fatally vague’
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A federal judge sided with a Gwinnett honor student disciplined for wearing gang-like clothing, even though he has never been in a gang. Here’s the story.
The judge agreed the district’s dress code is “fatally vague.” The family sued to have references to gangs stricken from the boy’s record.
Does forbidding gang-related clothing help officials keep gangs out of schools? Or does it just lead to random enforcement that nabs the innocent more often than the guilty?
