Student who got suspended for wearing pro-border wall shirt to school awarded $25K

An Oregon teenager who sued his high school after being suspended for wearing a T-shirt that called for a border wall will receive $25,000 and letter of apology from the principal as part of a settlement from the school district, according to a statement his lawyers issued Tuesday afternoon. “I brought this case to stand up for myself and other students who might be afraid to express their right-of-center views," student Addison Barnes said in a statement. "Everyone knows that if a student wears an anti-Trump shirt to school, the teachers won’t think twice about it. But when I wore a pro-Trump shirt, I got suspended. That’s not right." -- More...