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 …"

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...