Tag: Bicycles
Hundreds of Riders With US Flags Escort Cody Alicea to School
It wasn’t this California boy’s usual ride to school this morning! Hundreds of other bike riders came along. Many of them veterans, and some from out of state, all wanting to show support to 13-year-old Cody Alicea.
School officials had told Cody he shouldn’t ride his American flag-decorated bike to school because some students were offended. That kicked up a firestorm of protest. The school superintendent has since apologized, and promised that something like that will not happen again. But the school district is now facing a lawsuit from a civil liberties group.
Previously:
Evaluation: School Tells Student to Remove Flag From His Bicycle
School Tells Student to Remove Flag From His Bicycle
13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He’s had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down.
A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property.
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