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"Please put that toy back in your backpack."
'No.'
"Put that away or you will get a detention."
'No.'
"Fine, go to the principal, you have a detention"
...
'My child is not going to a serve a detention for a toy gun.'
"Then he will be suspended."
'Well, he is not serving that detention.'
... Child gets suspended. Parent goes to news media. News media shows up at school.
"Why was this child suspended, was it because of zero tolerance?"
'We cannot comment on a specific disciplinary action'
"The parent says he was only suspended because of your zero tolerance policy on gun replicas."
'We cannot comment on a specific disciplinary action'
"Can we see your policy on guns and gun replicas?"
'Here it is.'
... "School officials pointed to their policy on gun replicas."
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