'The thing that's beautiful about America is we have freedoms,' said the student's lawyer. 'Students in our schools should feel safe.'
Marissa Barnwell is seen at a press conference on March 9, 2023 with her parents and her family's attorney after Barnwell was allegedly assaulted by a teacher for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance."The thing that's beautiful about America is we have freedoms," said the student's lawyer. "Students in our schools should feel safe.
Surveillance footage from River Bluff High School shows Barnwell walking through a school hallway on November 29, 2022 when the pledge began playing over a loudspeaker. A state law passed three decades ago requires public schools to play the Pledge of Allegiance over their intercom systems each day at a specific time, but it prohibits any punishment of people who refuse to recite the pledge as long as "they are not disruptive or do not infringe on others."
Barnwell continued walking and was quickly confronted by a special education teacher, Nicole Livingston, who yelled at her and pushed her against a wall before sending her to the principal's office.
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