A screenshot from the Dec. A complaint that led police to search a middle school classroom for the book, "Gender Queer," sparked a demonstration by Monument Mountain Regional High School students on Friday. The American Civil Liberties Union and other free speech advocates are worried both about the police involvement and about book banning in general. This is one of the images provided to the Great Barrington Police Department by the complainant who apparently took pictures of "Gender Queer" inside a classroom at W.
According to a police report, those images had been provided in person by the complainant — the only person who is not identified in the report — who apparently took pictures of the book "located on a desk in the teacher's classroom in the last two weeks. The hand of the person holding the book are in the pictures. He then suggests the book be turned over to Wheat upon its return. The Great Barrington case has caused alarm over free speech issues and out of concern for law enforcement's overreach in such matters.
According to the police report, on Dec. According to the report, Storti spoke with Dillon and Wheat about the complaint, and informed Dillon that because a complaint had been lodged, the department had an obligation to follow up. Maura Healey decrying book banning. According to the report, on Dec. A day later on Dec. On Dec. The school district has said it will hold several meetings to discuss the situation, including a School Committee meeting scheduled for 6 p.
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There are plenty of examples of what officials don't want to see happen to the Bard College at Simon's Rock campus. A proposed bylaw would force building owners to maintain vacant commercial buildings. Edit Close. Log In. Site search Search. Bodycam footage inside classroom shows Great Barrington police officer say they could 'search every room and ask every teacher' for book.
