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Students Suspended Over 'Ecstacy Pose'
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| tatgirl |
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. |
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| VDub |
| Yet they named the prom..."Techno City" |
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| Dj Gracjan |
| lol that's retarded |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
Yet they named the prom..."Techno City" |
I wish my prom (grad) was called Techno City
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| Cosmic Fur |
| How did the police get involved? Was there some sort of crime going on? |
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| jon jon |
| quote: | Originally posted by tatgirl
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she's hot
"T for Techno" lol |
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| Jem_hadar |
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!
Wow... retarded like this makes me wanna off myself, I swear.
WOWOWOW at the police and schoolboard :rolleyes: |
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| DigiNut |
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. |
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| Jayx1 |
| I think the officials in this part of the world need to do some "thizzin" of their own! |
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| MarkT |
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 |
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| Cro_Addict |
Thizzin Fo' Life ni**az!
Say UUHHHHHH-UUUHHHHH NA-NA-NA-NA!!
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