I school district in Indianapolis has expelled a 17 year old student for the use of profanity on a Twitter site (I am not sure what that is). He used a "certain expletive" (most likely the "F" word) numerous times to show how it would fit into a sentence. He made the comment on "his own time" and not on school property. He says he was using his own computer but the school seems to disagree; he was using a school computer that was given to all upper grades. This seems to be developing into a case that will end up in court. An ACLU spokes-person notes that this could be a First and Fourth Amendment case. The article notes that the 1969 Supreme Court case of Tinker v. Des Moines applies here. Further action is not mentioned in this article.
(Source: "Student's profane tweet stirs debate on free speech" by Charles Wilson of The AP. In The Virginian Pilot on 4/4/12)
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