Legal Opinion
Taylor Bell v. Itawamba County School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2015No. 12-60264PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Away from school or a school function and without using school resources (off-campus speech), Taylor Bell, a student at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Itawamba County, Mississippi, posted a rap recording containing threatening language against two high school teachers/coaches on the Internet (first on his publicly accessible Facebook profile page and then on YouTube), intending it to reach the school community. In the recording, Bell names the two teachers and describes violent acts to be carried out against them. Interpreting the language as…
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