May had faced suspension, eviction
A Bates College soccer player was only cleared of all crime after a game with a Nerf weapons led to him being accused of violating the school weapons restrictions, according to the student newspaper.
The Maine school’s Student Conduct Committee voted to cut all violation says against scholar Seneca Moore last week, The Bates Student information. The council is made up of faculty, staff, and students, according to the university.
” A lot of the council members apologized at the end because of how absurd the circumstance was”, Moore said.
If he had been found criminal, Moore could have been punished with up to four years of probation, expulsion, or eviction, according to the report. The school weapons policy prohibits “firearms, weapons, BB – powder or surroundings guns, swords, and slingshots”.
The claims stemmed from a “prank war” between many users of the sports team on Oct. 14, according to the document. Moore said he and a dozen friends bought Nerf weapons and went driving around campus.
The Bates Student reports:
He was in the back of a vehicles driving down Campus Ave with two of his friends when they spotted two of their friends on the road.
” We slowed down next to them and one of them actually had the Nerf weapons as well. So they started shooting at the car”, Moore recalls. ” And then another one of them for some reason had a wicket, he was just carrying around a pitcher for whatever reason. And thus we slowed down and he parked and I only shot at them two or three times. And finally we drove up to the bedroom. We did n’t speed off or anything”.
First, only his two companions who were sitting in the front seating of the vehicle received letters from Jimmy Riley, Director of Residence Life &, Community Standards, informing them of their transgressions.
Eventually, Moore said he even received an email from Riley saying he perhaps have violated the school’s ban on arms, as well as reckless driving, and disorderly conduct.
Moore said he does not consider the school pursued similar claims against the learners on the street. He said cultural problems may have been a component because he and his companions in the car are black and Hispanic and the kids on the road are light.
The two kids with him in the car are also facing potential breaches in the affair, according to the document.
Some colleges and universities have laws prohibiting weapons on campus.
Nevertheless, some states, including Texas, Kansas, and West Virginia, have regulations that require public schools to help concealed hold. Arizona politicians are considering similar regulations this spring.
MORE: Son showed Zoom school his Nerf weapon. Professor ‘ imagined ‘ it was a doll. School called authorities on him anyhow.
IMAGE: Scott Beale / Laughing Fish
Like The College Fix on Facebook / Follow us on Snapchat
