Mom sues Missouri school that suspended 13-year-old son for making rifle out of Dr. Pepper cans

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A mom is suing a Missouri school for suspending her 13-year-old son for making a rifle out of cans of Dr. Pepper and then posting a photo of it on Snapchat.
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A mom is suing a Missouri school for suspending her 13-year-old son after he arranged cans of Dr. Pepper in the shape of a rifle and posted a photo of the creation on Snapchat. 

"This is unconscionable—my son never hurt or threatened a single person," Riley Grunden, the mother of the student, who is being called W.G., said in a statement released by Goldwater Institute, who is representing the 13-year-old.  

"Instead of using common sense, our own school district treated my child like a criminal for arranging empty soda cans in a way they didn’t like," Grunden added.  "What happened to his First Amendment rights?"

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