A School Demanded That a Student Remove American Flags from His Pickup, So He Stopped Showing Up

Student Christopher Hartless said he is just exercising his First Amendment right to fly the American flag by displaying it on his car.https://t.co/tnG0jKXxvb

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A Virginia student has been pulled out of school by his parents after the school administration demanded that he remove his American flags from his pickup truck.

On Monday, local outlet WSET said that Christopher Hartless, a student at Staunton River High School in Bedford County drove to school with large American flags on the back of his pickup truck.

The school administration then told him to take down the flag, claiming that it was a “distraction.”

Hartless, however, said that he was merely trying to exercise his First Amendment rights. “My family fought for America and I feel like I should be able to represent the flag that they fought for,” he said.