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Girls expelled for Facebook ‘Hit List’
The American Civil Liberties Union is fighting the expulsion of three Northwest Indiana girls for a Facebook conversation resembling a school "hit list."
The ACLU filed a lawsuit against Griffith Public Schools saying the conversation was "clearly meant to be humorous, as evidenced by their repeated use of emoticons such as
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The organization said the expulsion violated the eight graders' freedom of speech. The girls insist it was all a bad joke."It was just very dumb, and I wish I could take it back," said 14-year-old Sabrina Munsie."We were just joking around," said 14-year-old Kennedy Fortier. Read more...