i've posted several items on this situation in the last few days and here is a follow-up on the scene; 

A video circulating on social media showing a 12-year-old boy being suspended from school for having a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack due to “its origins with slavery” gained national attention this week, fueling outrage and leading a Colorado Springs school to reverse their decision and allow the student to return to class. 

The video, which was first released by Libertas Institute President Connor Boyack, shows the Vanguard School student, Jaiden, and his mother on Monday confronting a school administrator who claims that the Gadsden flag patch on Jaiden’s backpack violates district policy. 

“The reason that we do not want the flag displayed is due to its origins with slavery and the slave trade,” says the administrator. 

Jaiden’s mother defended her son and explained that the Gadsden flag is not a pro-slavery image, but has its origins in the Revolutionary War as a symbol of resistance for the American Patriots fighting the British. She told the administrator that Jaiden has learned that our nation’s Founding Fathers fought against unjust laws. She said that the school’s policy that was being enforced is unjust, and asked to see it.  

The school administrator said she would put Jaiden’s mother in touch with Jeff Yocum, The Vanguard School’s director of operations. Boyack shared the email correspondence between Yocum and Jaiden’s mother later that same day on X. 

Yocum wrote in his email the district’s “rationale as to why the Gadsden Flag is considered an unacceptable symbol,” and Boyack posted this comment:  .........more.......