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Series: Crackdown on Student Threats:Tennessee’s Harsh Punishment of Kids
More in this seriesTwo families have sued an East Tennessee school district in federal court, arguing that school officials violated students’ rights when they called the police under a Tennessee law that seeks to severely punish threats of mass violence.