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Boy, is busted for bringing 2-inch-long toy gun to
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An irate Staten Island mom blasted a grade school principal Wednesday for treating her son like a pint-sized Plaxico Burress after he brought a 2-inch-long toy gun to school.
"This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, after her teary fourth-grader was nearly suspended for playing with the tiny toy at lunch.
"The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue."
Patrick Timoney, 9, was terrified when he was yanked into the principal's office to discuss the teeny-weeny plastic "weapon."
"The gun was so little," the boy said. "I don't understand why the principal got so upset. I was a little nervous. They made me sign a statement."
Patrick and a friend were playing with Lego figures in the school cafeteria on Tuesday when he pulled out the faux machine gun and stuck it in the hands of his plastic police officer.
Boom! Trouble ensued, with Patrick's mom getting a phone call from Public School 52 Principal Evelyn Mastroianni saying her son had somehow gone from straight A's to the NRA.
"I was in disbelief," the still-fuming mother said. "Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end to the harassment of my child?"
Timoney said her boy loved the toy figure because her husband is a retired police officer.
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"This principal is a bully and a coward, and needs to be held accountable," said Laura Timoney, 44, after her teary fourth-grader was nearly suspended for playing with the tiny toy at lunch.
"The school should be embarrassed. This is a common-sense issue."
Patrick Timoney, 9, was terrified when he was yanked into the principal's office to discuss the teeny-weeny plastic "weapon."
"The gun was so little," the boy said. "I don't understand why the principal got so upset. I was a little nervous. They made me sign a statement."
Patrick and a friend were playing with Lego figures in the school cafeteria on Tuesday when he pulled out the faux machine gun and stuck it in the hands of his plastic police officer.
Boom! Trouble ensued, with Patrick's mom getting a phone call from Public School 52 Principal Evelyn Mastroianni saying her son had somehow gone from straight A's to the NRA.
"I was in disbelief," the still-fuming mother said. "Why didn't anyone step up with an ounce of common sense and put an end to the harassment of my child?"
Timoney said her boy loved the toy figure because her husband is a retired police officer.
LINK WITH PICS
http://tinyurl.com/yhdrgyu
Edited ONLY to shorten link.
Comments
Do you believe officials at Public School 52 overreacted to Patrick Timoney's 2-inch-long toy gun?
Yes. It was only 2 inches long! 93%
No. Size does not matter in this case. 7%
What is wrong with those 7%??? [V][V][:(!]
I voted in their poll.
Do you believe officials at Public School 52 overreacted to Patrick Timoney's 2-inch-long toy gun?
Yes. It was only 2 inches long! 93%
No. Size does not matter in this case. 7%
What is wrong with those 7%??? [V][V][:(!]
Keep in mind a lot more than 7% voted for Obama. [xx(]
I was traveling by plane a couple years ago and the TSA took my tiny knife .It's blade was only 3/4"long.3/4".But it's a knife .While a lady sitting next to me was allowed to brink her aluminum knitting needles .These were at least a foot long ,but there called knitting needles.
It's nuts when names are "banned"