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Check out this story its pretty interesting. From Houston TX  
 
link: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7392273  
 
Basic story:  
 
13-year-old girl was suspended from school after she was accused of threatening her teacher. Her family says it's a misunderstanding under a zero tolerance policy.  
Taylor was wearing an NYPD shirt at school. She says in the last moments of math class, she and some friends were pretending to be police officers.  
 
"I was shooting the markers at the front of the board," Taylor Trostle said. "It was just like this and I was like 'pow pow' and then she just turned around."  
 
Taylor was sent to the principal's office and immediately suspended for three days. Her write up says the finger gun was pointed in the teacher's direction.  
 
"That was considered a terroristic threat because the teacher feared for her life," Kristin Trostle said.  
 
According to Cy-Fair ISD's code of conduct, a terroristic threat is a level four violation, which is on par with assault, public lewdness, or selling alcohol or drugs at school. Any threat to a teacher falls under a 'zero tolerance policy.'  
 
"Now she's got a very serious mark on her record and she's labeled," Kristin Trostle said.  
 
Cy-Fair ISD denied our repeated requests for comment, so did Taylor Trostle's 7th grade math teacher. Now- Taylor Trostle says she's being mocked at school, for a silly game that got her kicked out.  
 
"They all say that I'm gonna kill somebody, and...they know that I wouldn't do that," she said.  
 
Her mother wants the school district to take a hard look at policies because she believes can tarnish the reputation of an honor roll student like Taylor.  
 
"Really and truly make an honest decision - is this a legitimate threat, do i really feel threatened by what this child just said?" Kristin Trostle said.  
 
 
Lets here some thoughts on this...has paranoia gone to far in the states?