While the left is conviced they were free until the Patriot Act came along, a story in St. Paul that has nothing to do with the Patriot Act but should have the ACLU up in arms has gone largely unnoticed.
Apparently a high school student was arrested last Thursday night and charged with disorderly conduct for some poetry he had written. No threats toward the presidency, no school shooting plans, just some, work that, "caused concern because it referred to guns, death and suicide."
The student claims "his only intent was to express his feelings in poetry and that he did not intend to harm anyone" but I guess some things just aren't allowed in public schools anymore, personal expression being one of them.