This happened in Loudoun County, of course. The county has been at the center of several controversies in recent years.
FOX News reports:
Virginia school board silenced parents concerned with MS-13-affiliated student in school, lawsuit claimsA group of parents is suing the Loudoun County School Board in northern Virginia, claiming they were silenced by the board when attempting to raise concerns about a student who was allowed to return to school despite alleged ties to the notorious MS-13 gang.The group of parents at the center of the lawsuit claims that they were silenced by the board during a public meeting when trying to raise concerns about reports that a student who is allegedly in the country illegally and affiliated with MS-13 was allowed to return to school despite being arrested for carrying a gun and threatening to shoot another student.”Time and time again, the Loudoun County School Board has demonstrated through its actions an unwillingness to respect those rights exercised by community members and parents commenting concerned with the actions of their public schools. This latest constitutional violation is even more pronounced, given that the topic was related to the safety of students,” America First Legal Senior Advisor Ian Prior, whose organization is representing the parents, said in a statement.The parents, who are suing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, claim that their First Amendment rights were violated during an Oct. 8 public school board meeting, where some of them attempted to raise concerns to the board about their decision to reinstate the student only for the board to cut off their microphones and end the public comment period.In a press release after the incident, the board claimed that the parents violated the rules of the public comment period and that they were attempting to prevent the spread of “misinformation.”
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