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By Nicole Kief, ACLU & Jennifer Bellamy, Washington Legislative Office

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Sensible Policy, Not Smaller Handcuffs

You may have heard recently about Dontadrian Bruce, the Mississippi high-school student who was almost expelled for holding up the number "3" with his fingers in a photo taken by his science teacher. Dontradian is number 3 on the football team – and despite his being an A/B student with no history of serious disciplinary problems, the school said he was making a gang sign.