Student Sues Her College After Being Suspended for Gun-Related Social Media Post
“alleges college administrators began investigating her after a classmate reported a Snapchat post”
The school looks ridiculous here. The student’s posts had nothing to do with anything at the school.
The College Fix reports:
Student sues South Carolina college after suspended for gun-related social media post
A student is suing her South Carolina college, alleging the institution violated her free speech rights by suspending her for a gun-related social media post.
In the lawsuit, student Leigha Lemoine said Horry-Georgetown Technical College wrongly suspended her in September, The Sun News reports. The two-year public college is based in Conway, South Carolina.
The cosmetology student alleges college administrators began investigating her after a classmate reported a Snapchat post in which Lemoine told someone to “get blasted,” according to the report.
Administrators determined the comment was not threatening after Lemoine told them she had no intentions to harm anyone, the lawsuit states.
However, they later “decided to suspend her after finding an unrelated Instagram post from before she was enrolled where she was firing a handgun,” according to the report.
“In today’s climate, your failure to disclose the existence of the video, in conjunction with group text message on Snapchat where you used the term ‘blasted,’ causes concern about your ability to remain in the current Cosmetology cohort,” the college stated in a letter informing her of her suspension, according to the lawsuit.
Lemoine stated in the lawsuit that the video, which she later deleted, shows her doing target practice at a friend’s home in 2023.
The Sun News reports more:
Nicole Hyman, a spokeswoman for HGTC, wrote in a statement that the college seeks to maintain a safe environment for all of its students, employees and visitors.
“This suit seeks to challenge the manner in which the College has done this,” she wrote. “While the College respects all individuals’ rights, including their rights to freedom of expression, the College’s priority is to ensure the well-being and security of the entire campus community.”
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I hope she sues that “School” into bankruptcy. She should also go after the people who made the decision.
So someone from the school reported her for using the term “blasted”, which lead to the school discovering the video of a SC resident at target practice with a hand gun. Wow! Where does this cosmetology school think they’re located – in the middle of New York City??? Plenty of hunters and gun owners in SC. That school has better relocate! Right after they give the initial rat-informer a full scholarship!!!