NEWS: Students expelled over teddy bear attack movie
KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Two Knightstown students are suing to return to school after they were expelled for making a movie in which evil teddy bears attack a teacher.
The teenagers were among four students expelled from Knightstown High School over the movie, titled "The Teddy Bear Master."
Two of the boys are asking a federal judge in Indianapolis to order the students reinstated, arguing that school officials overreacted to a film parody and violated their First Amendment rights.
But Knightstown Principal Jim Diagostino and Superintendent David McGuire don't see the humor. They said the teacher who is threatened in the movie has the same last name as a real teacher in the district.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
The teenagers were among four students expelled from Knightstown High School over the movie, titled "The Teddy Bear Master."
Two of the boys are asking a federal judge in Indianapolis to order the students reinstated, arguing that school officials overreacted to a film parody and violated their First Amendment rights.
But Knightstown Principal Jim Diagostino and Superintendent David McGuire don't see the humor. They said the teacher who is threatened in the movie has the same last name as a real teacher in the district.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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