Teen suspended for flying confederate flag on pick-up truck; ACLU now invovled

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A New Jersey teen says he was suspended from his high school because he refused to stop flying a Confederate flag on the back of his pickup truck.

Gregory Vied, 17, told News 12 that the giant Stars and Bars flag was waving from the back of his truck as he pulled into the parking lot of Steinert High School in Hamilton Township when officials told him to remove the flag.

The teenager — who claims he’s only trying to promote his Southern heritage, not hate — said he was given a three-day suspension after ignoring repeated warnings from the vice principal to take the flag down.

“Them trying to make me take it down, is unconstitutional,” he told the news station.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-jersey-teen-suspended-flying-confederate-flag-pickup-truck-article-1.1737777

The ACLU is now supporting the teen citing the first amendment. After the ACLU wrote a letter to the school, the school cut the student's suspension from 3 days to 1.

The teen's friends and supporters have also begun to go to school with confederate flags on their vehicles to show support. So far the school has not suspended those students.