A Pennsylvania judge has ordered that a 14-year-old student be readmitted into school after he was expelled recently for writing "threatening" rap lyrics.

Anthony Latour was expelled from The Riverside Beaver County School District in Pittsburgh, PA because officials believed his raps threatened to hurt the school and another student. One of the said songs included the rhymes, "So watch what you say about me, I'm everywhere son / And the word of mouth is that I'm carrying guns / Now that I'm comin' for you /what the (expletive) you gonna do / I come double with the pump/ tons of slugs that will punish you."

Latour, who was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, claimed his songs were harmless battle raps used as a tool to put down his opponent and were not to be taken literally. U.S. District Judge Donetta Ambrose overturned his expulsion citing he was protected by the First Amendment and ordered the school district readmit him into 9th grade when classes resume on August 31st.

Latour was expelled in May for rhymes that school officials learned about back in March. After hearing his rhymes, the officials contacted the police who charged Latour with terrorist threats and harassment. To this, Judge Ambrose said the school's argument was not convincing because they never presented evidence that the lyrics disrupted school, and they never followed up after hearing the rhymes by searching Latour's locker or contacting his parents.

Neither Latour's family nor The Riverside Beaver County School District commented on the incident.

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lmao He got skills. And I got suspended before for what I wrote. Never expelled before. That's harsh.

right that was way too serious to get expelled shit is jus rap aint like he really gon bring pumps when he only 14...lmfao....but those principals are wack i punched my principal once before when is was in HS....mad funny....lol

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i guess that makes every1 on RV a terrorist...

Damn terrorists.

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Lmao Word...........

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dats bogus those teachers need to calm down.......

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That's retarded he was expelled.. taking things a little too serious, eh?

this shit is old, i already made a thread on it, but it seems i cant find
cuz u must've deleted it..... but anyway this shit is 1 month old

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ur always tryna say things that is tryna put me down... man i got this be4 u did...so plz...stop....i didnt delete nethin bout this....i found this new in a website the report was made on this week....so....

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it was a joke..


1-0 me..


since u fell into it..

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ohhhhh damnnnnnn!!!!! u got me..i fell into quicksand.....






but wait i can use my wonderful mod powers to delete my post....lol.....j/p

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lol... i can remove my post too

thanks to strobe for addin that in the system

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yeah thats tru....but i do it the betta way.....lol.....but yea....have u ever got ur lyrics took from the skool????.......i did and i hit the dean....bastard

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lol, nah.. my Workshop teacher ask'd me what i was writing there..
..and i said........uh, poetry, and he said let me see them, & i was
like... haha, hell nah & he told me to go to the front to read it.....
then the bell rang, can u say.... Saved By The Bell?

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