Students Suspended Over 'Ecstacy Pose'

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Posted by tatgirl on May-03-2008 11:09:

Students Suspended Over 'Ecstacy Pose'

LODI, Calif. -- Two high school seniors are accused of making a drug-related hand gesture in their prom picture, prompting school officials to suspend them.

Josh Niemeyer and his date are seen making the letter "T" with their hands in a picture taken during Lodi High School's prom.

The seniors said they made the gesture because the prom's theme was "Techno City."

But Shad Canestrino from the Lodi Police Department said the gesture represents the words "thiz" or "thizzin'," which are slang terms for Ecstasy, or MDMA.

Canestrino said there's a a whole subculture that goes along with "thiz" and "thizzin''' which stems from Mac Dre songs. Mac Dre, a Bay-Area based rapper who died in 2004, coined the term.

"We knew there was another meaning for it, like double-sided. But our intentions were not to promote drugs or anything. Just 'T' for 'techno,'" Niemeyer said.

Niemeyer and his date were suspended for three days.

"I just think the school has jumped to conclusions and they have made their own interpretation and it isn't fair," parent Lisa Russell said.

Several Lodi High students wore hand-painted T-shirts on Thursday in support of Josh and his date.

According to students, the "T" gesture signifies drug use only when it's accompanied by a facial expression and a slouching body.

The school's principal and the district superintendent said they would not comment on student disciplinary matters.

Posted by VDub on May-03-2008 12:42:

Yet they named the prom..."Techno City"

Posted by Dj Gracjan on May-03-2008 13:11:

lol that's retarded

Posted by exstasie on May-03-2008 13:12:

quote:
Originally posted by VDub
Yet they named the prom..."Techno City"

I wish my prom (grad) was called Techno City

Posted by Cosmic Fur on May-03-2008 13:51:

How did the police get involved? Was there some sort of crime going on?

Posted by jon jon on May-03-2008 14:05:

Re: Students Suspended Over 'Ecstacy Pose'

quote:
Originally posted by tatgirl

she's hot

"T for Techno" lol

Posted by Jem_hadar on May-03-2008 14:11:

Re: Students Suspended Over 'Ecstacy Pose'

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!

Wow... retarded shit like this makes me wanna off myself, I swear.

WOWOWOW at the police and schoolboard

Posted by Nicolas Oliver on May-03-2008 14:56:

Right........

Posted by DigiNut on May-03-2008 15:27:

In all fairness, I believe this is in or near the Bay area which actually does use that retarded slang.

Still, pretty moronic to suspend them even if they were referring to drugs. Now they've made them into martyrs.

Posted by Jayx1 on May-03-2008 16:53:

I think the officials in this part of the world need to do some "thizzin" of their own!

Posted by MarkT on May-03-2008 17:08:

That's hillarious...

having said that...if I were one of the suspended students, I'd sue the school, because that's *ridiculous*

So if some skinny, nerd kid flashes an exaggereated a gang sign in his prom pic, because he thinks it's funny, he'll be suspended for "promoting violence"?

As suggested...does this really punish them, or simply glorify drugs even more with the publicity?

lol

Posted by Cro_Addict on May-03-2008 17:19:

Thizzin Fo' Life ni**az!

Say UUHHHHHH-UUUHHHHH NA-NA-NA-NA!!

Posted by Ozmozis on May-03-2008 17:27:

I would have done this instead...

Posted by LKD on May-03-2008 17:54:

quote:
Originally posted by �Zm�zis
I would have done this instead...

nooooooooo dont u know thats "weed" sign...u can get arrested now for that

Posted by malek on May-03-2008 18:08:

more pics of her plz?

Posted by chinamon on May-03-2008 20:22:

quote:
Originally posted by malek
more pics of her plz?

sorry but the only pic of the old bag is this one...

Posted by VERTiG0 on May-04-2008 07:12:

Serves them right, they're obviously a pair of drug-addled shitboats

Posted by Dr. DAS on May-04-2008 16:02:

I seriously doubt that the 'T' was for techno. Obviously it's that ghey little SF slang, they got caught, made up a (not bad) cover and got suspended anyways.

I think the school was in the right. Why are we still talking about this?

Posted by Pett on May-04-2008 16:22:

Re: Students Suspended Over 'Ecstacy Pose'

quote:
Originally posted by tatgirl
Shad Canestrino from the Lodi Police Department said

how the hell does a police department get involved with prom photos?

Posted by MarkT on May-04-2008 19:16:

^^^ I can only assume they were interviewed due to the story...and I can only assume that the school has some sort of 'code of conduct' that it will say has been violated by the 'pose'.

Otherwise...lawsuit!

cause last time I checked, it's not illegal to make a "T" in a picture...regardless of what it stands for.

fucking stupid administrators just glorified this on an international level instead of pulling the students into an office, ripping them a new asshole, and letting it remain a small-scale joke by not punishing them.

soooooo short-sighted...

Posted by misslexxus on May-05-2008 01:42:

Well great job marketing it because I didn't even know what that hand sign meant until now! And Techo City... I'm suprised the principal approved of the theme in the first place!

Posted by Porky on May-05-2008 03:46:

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quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
she's hot

i'd hit it