FCPS middle school student faces criminal charges for emoji use

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FCPS middle school student faces criminal charges for emoji use

Posted by: Fox News ()

Date: February 27, 2016 11:11PM

http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2016/02/middle-school-student-faces-criminal-charges-for-emoji-use/

A 12-year-old is charged in northern Virginia with threatening her school with a social media message using emojis of a gun, a bomb and a knife.

Emoji symbols, used on mobile devices, sometimes replace words.

The Washington Post reports (http://wapo.st/1ODVAVc) the student at Sidney Lanier Middle School in Fairfax posted an Instagram message in December. It contained the words “Killing” and “meet me in the library Tuesday.”

According to a search warrant, the girl acknowledges she posted the messages under another student’s name. She’s charged with threatening the school and computer harassment.

Her mother says the girl posted the messages in response to being bullied in school, and is “a good kid’ who’s “never been in trouble.” The mother says the girl shouldn’t have been charged.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/29/2016 10:07AM by Fox News.

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Re: FCPS middle school student faces criminal charges for emoji use

Posted by: Fox News ()

Date: February 29, 2016 10:07AM

Crazy world

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Re: FCPS middle school student faces criminal charges for emoji use

Posted by: hungoverlikeAmofo ()

Date: February 29, 2016 10:39AM

Actions have consequences. I assume she was white or we would have been reading about her tasering death at the hands of the cops. Only white priviledge can keep you safe from cops these days.

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