11-Year-Old Expelled After Taking Gun Away from Classmate, Friend Says He ‘Acted Out of Courage and Compassion’

A Michigan school accused the preteen of possessing a weapon after he disassembled the gun

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  • The mother of a Michigan elementary school student is speaking out after her son was expelled for taking a gun away from a classmate
  • Savitra McClurkin said her 11-year-old son was expelled after administrators learned that he took a gun away from a fellow student and used his hunting knowledge to disarm and disassemble the weapon before throwing away the bullets
  • The school accused him of possessing a weapon and expelled him for one year

The mother of a Michigan elementary school student is speaking out after her son was expelled for taking a gun away from a classmate.

Lansing mom Savitra McClurkin told local outlet WILX in a Sept. 19 interview that her 11-year-old son was expelled from Dwight Rich School of the Arts back in May after his classmate brought a gun to campus.

According to McClurkin, her child is being punished for something she considers heroic, as he believed he was helping the other students around him…

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