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A 13-year-old boy was interrogated at his school by Secret Service agents without his mother's permission after posting a message about Osama Bin Laden on Facebook.

Following the Al Qaeda leader's death, Tacoma schoolboy Vito LaPinta wrote on his Facebook page that President Barack Obama should be be wary of repercussions.



'I was saying how Osama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers,' he said.
A week later he was sitting in class at Truman Middle School, Washington, when he was called into the principal's office.

Vito said: 'A man walked in with a suit and glasses and he said he was part of the Secret Service.

'He told me it was because of a post I made that indicated I was a threat toward the President. I was very scared.'

The Tacoma school district admitted a Secret Service agent questioned the boy and a security guard called the child's mother because the principal was on another call.

The school district said they did not wait for Vito’s mother to get there because they thought she didn't take the phone call seriously.

'My 13-year-old son is supposed to be safe and secure in his classroom and he's being interrogated without my knowledge or consent privately'

'That's a blatant lie,' claims Timi Robertson, who said she had just finished lunch with a friend when she received the phone call.

'I answered it, and it's the school security guard who's giving me a heads up that the Secret Service is here with the Tacoma Police Department and they have Vito and they're talking to him,' she said.

'I just about lost it. My 13-year-old son is supposed to be safe and secure in his classroom and he's being interrogated without my knowledge or consent privately.'

She then rushed to the school only to discover her son had already been questioned for half an hour.

The seventh grader said that once his mother arrived the agent finished the interview and told him he was not in any trouble.

Ms Robertson said she isn't financially able to take legal action but hopes the episode raises awareness about the treatment she said her son endured.

The Seattle branch of the Secret Service did not respond to requests for comment.

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The school district said they did not wait for Vito’s mother to get there because they thought she didn't take the phone call seriously.

It is perfectly legal for the police to question a minor that is not in custody without their parent(s) present. This often happens when an officer has a reasonable belief that a minor has violated the law. In such a case, the officer can detain the minor to conduct an investigation and during this initial detention, police are not required to let a minor call his parents.

Crackpot wrote:For actions unrelated to school business?

CONCORD, N.H. -- The mother of a Concord middle school student is decrying the school district after her daughter was suspended due to a Facebook post.

Kimberly Dell'isola said her daughter was suspended for five days after saying she wished Osama bin Laden killed her math teacher.

While she agrees the post was offensive, Dell'isola said her daughter's free speech should be protected.

"In hindsight, she's mortified that she said that, but she's a 13-year-old kid," Dell'isola said.
She said she frequently checks her daughter's Facebook page, but she hadn't logged on the day of the incident.

Dell'isola said she didn't find out about the incident until she got a call from the school's principal.

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She said she agrees with the administrators at Rundlett Middle School that the post was wrong, but thinks the punishment is too harsh.

"You are denying her an education based on something she did at home. That's my business, not your business," Dell'isola said.

She said that while her daughter's profile did have privacy settings on, a parent of one of her daughter's friends reported the post.

"They asked her to open her Facebook and she complied because she generally does what she's told," Dell'isola said.

The mother holds that the issue is a parenting one, and not school related. She said she expressed that sentiment to Principal Tom Sica.

"He just said what she said was really awful. I started laughing and said I agree with you there, but how did it come to you deciding to throw her out of school," Dell'isola said.

She said that while her daughter's suspension is over, she has not returned to class out of fear of facing the teacher she made the comment about.

Dell'isola wants the school to remove her from the class and give her a private math tutor instead.

"She's anxious to go back and terrified to go back all at the same time," Dell'isola said.

Sica said he could not comment about the incident because of student privacy rights.

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While she agrees the post was offensive, Dell'isola said her daughter's free speech should be protected.

"You are denying her an education based on something she did at home. That's my business, not your business," Dell'isola said.

She said that while her daughter's suspension is over, she has not returned to class out of fear of facing the teacher she made the comment about.

Dell'isola wants the school to remove her from the class and give her a private math tutor instead.

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She said that while her daughter's suspension is over, she has not returned to class out of fear of facing the teacher she made the comment about.
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Scooter wrote:The teacher should demand the little bitch be housed in a cage while in his class in the meantime.