That’s infuriating. I hope this kid has a bright future
stobbsm on
So it’s ok if he gets shot at, but if he’s smart enough to stop getting shot at, he gets punished? Welcome to trumps America.
mekawasp on
Americans really hate kids
Babylon4All on
What in the actual fuck?! This kid should be getting an award
TheSilkyBat on
The world has gone mad. Truly.
YeetingMyStupidLife on
I would not be surprised if racism was part of the reason why he got expelled
Coondiggety on
I’d donate to a gofundme for this kid.
Free-Tackle2433 on
The Kid did what the whole school system can’t.
Dreamo84 on
What was the reason given for the expulsion? There’s a lot of information missing from this. What happened to the other kid? What was he doing with the gun?
Far-Worker-3465 on
I can only assume they did this as an incentive to other children not to try doing something so potentially dangerous as opposed to reporting the classmate to an adult?
psycop on
I wonder what district this is and it’s political leanings.
lordvitamin on
Props to the kid, but how the hell did he know how to disassemble a gun?
I’ve never done it, so I genuinely don’t know if this is something that is pretty straightforward or not.
chokeonmywords on
Helping while black…
buddhahat on
is there any more to this story than a blurb?
Planeandaquariumgeek on
My money is that whoever made the decision had their hands tied by good old zero tolerance. Kid had a gun, and all the rule cares about is that not intent
Golden_Ace1 on
If he was white, he’d be a national hero.
JudeRanch on
A wee hero but this dumb country of ours just can’t feel anything anymore but hate! I applaud you little man, you are truly a HERO!
pinoy_dude24 on
How dare he touch the gun! You’re expelled!!!
/s
TheMindsEIyIe on
That’s so stupid.
Erebus1483 on
Almost like they’re mad it didn’t go through all the way
buddhahat on
here is an article from NBC News on this. Seems like it’s all based some allegations from the mom:
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A Michigan woman said her 11-year-old son was expelled after he disassembled a loaded gun his classmate brought to school.
Savitra McClurkin said she has been trying to enroll her son, Sakir Everett, into another school ever since he was abruptly kicked out of Dwight Rich School of the Arts in Lansing in May.
“I’m upset with everybody,” McClurkin said in a phone interview Monday. “I’m not just mad at the district, I’m mad at some of these teachers, administrators, as well as the city, because they did not handle this right.”
In a statement, the Lansing School District said it issued its decision “after a thorough investigation, including review of video evidence, numerous witness statements, and careful deliberation, as well as a disciplinary hearing.”
The incident happened after an unidentified student allegedly brought a loaded gun to the middle school. McClurkin said the student pulled out the gun in a bathroom and “gave my son a firearm.”
“Like here, take this, hold on to this,” she said.
Sakir, who knows how to hunt and learned about gun safety from his godfather, knew the weapon was not allowed in school.
“Sakir’s natural reaction was there’s no way I’m going to hold on to this gun all day,” his mother said. “He proceeded to go to class … and dismantled it in class. There was a teacher in class and everything. People were around and everything.”
After her son took the gun apart, McClurkin said, he “put it inside of a heater” in the classroom and threw the bullets in a garbage can.
“He didn’t want it on his person, but he didn’t want nobody to mess with it,” she said about why her son dismantled the firearm.
Asked why Sakir did not immediately tell an adult about the gun, McClurkin said it was because he was scared and was never taught what to do in that situation.
Sakir Everett.Courtesy Savitra McClurkin via WILX
Other students eventually told an administrator about the firearm, she said.
The district said in its statement that “the full account of the incident has not been reported” but that it could not comment further because of privacy laws.
“Disciplinary action would not have been warranted for disarming another student,” the district said. “Please know, however, that the safety of our students and staff remains our paramount interest, and decisions will continue to be made in accordance with that principle.”
According to the district, police took the student who brought the firearm into custody. Lansing police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
“He’s 11 years old. Seventh grade. Never been in trouble before,” she told the board.
McClurkin told NBC News that she is still fighting to resolve the situation. She also accused the district of failing to give her an alternative option for her son. Since May, he has been denied admission to four schools because of the expulsion on his record, she said.
In the meantime, she’s keeping him busy with sports and an unaccredited online schooling program.
“They really just did, not just my son, they did me wrong, too. All I’m trying to do is just be a good parent and make sure that my son is getting an education,” she said.
CoolZooKeeper on
Can’t find the article now, but it was something along the lines of kid gave him the gun in the bathroom. It was loaded, he took the mag out and threw away the bullets, then hid the gun in the classroom behind a heater or something. Teacher found the gun, and knee jerk reaction was to expel this kid without really understanding the whole story. Supposedly there is some video of the events, I haven’t seen it. Who cares if he didn’t tell someone, kid is 11, no kidding he just wanted to hide the gun. I think the point that he took the magazine out and threw away the bullets is enough to say he was trying to do the right thing.
fliesupsidedown on
Of course he got expelled, for infringing on the classmates 2nd amendment rights, by depriving them of their gun.
/s if it wasn’t obvious.
dwbaz01 on
Schools expect kids to behave than adults, and they have a zero-tolerance policy.
SnooBooks1701 on
The mother’s account is that another kid handed the gun to him in the bathroom to hold on to, he disassembled it in the classroom, put the parts inside the heater and the bullets in a bin, but never told anyone what was going on because he was freaking out. The school have implied there’s more, but that they can’t say what it is due to privacy laws, but that they wouldn’t expel a pupil for what the mother claimed happened
Express-Ad4146 on
This fucked up
SlayerII on
I mean, have you seen his skin colour? Just asking for trouble.
/s
GamerTex on
He was expelled for not turning the other kid in and trying to protect him
Express-Ad4146 on
A year though? Kid gonna start to make fuck you money and what not
DanniTiger on
Protest this! He did everything correctly you could possibly do. Mock this school district and make this news as public as possible .
OutLikeVapor on
Because he didn’t snitch on the person who brought it. Kids Based AF. Give that kid a medal!
DerPicasso on
Don’t try to prevent shootings, it’s the culture they have.
holyBoysenberry on
Thay really just want you to die dont thay
dobie1kenobi on
This kid is kicked out of school but if a white woman screamed the N-word at him on camera she’d earn enough to buy another house!
tbonimaroni on
Black kid saves the day, gets expelled. Typical America.
jeffeh221 on
This literally screams “wtf dude you stopped our plan”
Lasadon on
according to his mother.And the schools version of the story is?
HausmastaMC on
oh no, did he take away a whit republican’s kid’s toy?
Phedericus on
but… why? the school must have provided an explanation for this bullshit. who in his right mind would punish him?
dickman5thousand on
When you are literally TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL
JohnSolo22 on
Only one simple thing to blame… Tylenol.
kobumaister on
Sounds like we’re missing a huge part of the story, to be honest …
Perthian940 on
Everything else aside, coming from a country with gun control, it is scary and sad that an 11 year old knows how to disassemble a firearm. It’s also very lucky he knew.
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That’s infuriating. I hope this kid has a bright future
So it’s ok if he gets shot at, but if he’s smart enough to stop getting shot at, he gets punished? Welcome to trumps America.
Americans really hate kids
What in the actual fuck?! This kid should be getting an award
The world has gone mad. Truly.
I would not be surprised if racism was part of the reason why he got expelled
I’d donate to a gofundme for this kid.
The Kid did what the whole school system can’t.
What was the reason given for the expulsion? There’s a lot of information missing from this. What happened to the other kid? What was he doing with the gun?
I can only assume they did this as an incentive to other children not to try doing something so potentially dangerous as opposed to reporting the classmate to an adult?
I wonder what district this is and it’s political leanings.
Props to the kid, but how the hell did he know how to disassemble a gun?
I’ve never done it, so I genuinely don’t know if this is something that is pretty straightforward or not.
Helping while black…
is there any more to this story than a blurb?
My money is that whoever made the decision had their hands tied by good old zero tolerance. Kid had a gun, and all the rule cares about is that not intent
If he was white, he’d be a national hero.
A wee hero but this dumb country of ours just can’t feel anything anymore but hate! I applaud you little man, you are truly a HERO!
How dare he touch the gun! You’re expelled!!!
/s
That’s so stupid.
Almost like they’re mad it didn’t go through all the way
here is an article from NBC News on this. Seems like it’s all based some allegations from the mom:
___
A Michigan woman said her 11-year-old son was expelled after he disassembled a loaded gun his classmate brought to school.
Savitra McClurkin said she has been trying to enroll her son, Sakir Everett, into another school ever since he was abruptly kicked out of Dwight Rich School of the Arts in Lansing in May.
“I’m upset with everybody,” McClurkin said in a phone interview Monday. “I’m not just mad at the district, I’m mad at some of these teachers, administrators, as well as the city, because they did not handle this right.”
In a statement, the Lansing School District said it issued its decision “after a thorough investigation, including review of video evidence, numerous witness statements, and careful deliberation, as well as a disciplinary hearing.”
The incident happened after an unidentified student allegedly brought a loaded gun to the middle school. McClurkin said the student pulled out the gun in a bathroom and “gave my son a firearm.”
“Like here, take this, hold on to this,” she said.
Sakir, who knows how to hunt and learned about gun safety from his godfather, knew the weapon was not allowed in school.
“Sakir’s natural reaction was there’s no way I’m going to hold on to this gun all day,” his mother said. “He proceeded to go to class … and dismantled it in class. There was a teacher in class and everything. People were around and everything.”
After her son took the gun apart, McClurkin said, he “put it inside of a heater” in the classroom and threw the bullets in a garbage can.
“He didn’t want it on his person, but he didn’t want nobody to mess with it,” she said about why her son dismantled the firearm.
Asked why Sakir did not immediately tell an adult about the gun, McClurkin said it was because he was scared and was never taught what to do in that situation.
Sakir Everett.Courtesy Savitra McClurkin via WILX
Other students eventually told an administrator about the firearm, she said.
The district said in its statement that “the full account of the incident has not been reported” but that it could not comment further because of privacy laws.
“Disciplinary action would not have been warranted for disarming another student,” the district said. “Please know, however, that the safety of our students and staff remains our paramount interest, and decisions will continue to be made in accordance with that principle.”
According to the district, police took the student who brought the firearm into custody. Lansing police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
McClurkin appeared at a Lansing School Board meeting Thursday to try to get answers, NBC affiliate [WILX reported](https://www.wilx.com/2025/09/19/lansing-parent-frustrated-after-her-son-is-expelled-disarming-classmate/).
“He’s 11 years old. Seventh grade. Never been in trouble before,” she told the board.
McClurkin told NBC News that she is still fighting to resolve the situation. She also accused the district of failing to give her an alternative option for her son. Since May, he has been denied admission to four schools because of the expulsion on his record, she said.
In the meantime, she’s keeping him busy with sports and an unaccredited online schooling program.
“They really just did, not just my son, they did me wrong, too. All I’m trying to do is just be a good parent and make sure that my son is getting an education,” she said.
Can’t find the article now, but it was something along the lines of kid gave him the gun in the bathroom. It was loaded, he took the mag out and threw away the bullets, then hid the gun in the classroom behind a heater or something. Teacher found the gun, and knee jerk reaction was to expel this kid without really understanding the whole story. Supposedly there is some video of the events, I haven’t seen it. Who cares if he didn’t tell someone, kid is 11, no kidding he just wanted to hide the gun. I think the point that he took the magazine out and threw away the bullets is enough to say he was trying to do the right thing.
Of course he got expelled, for infringing on the classmates 2nd amendment rights, by depriving them of their gun.
/s if it wasn’t obvious.
Schools expect kids to behave than adults, and they have a zero-tolerance policy.
The mother’s account is that another kid handed the gun to him in the bathroom to hold on to, he disassembled it in the classroom, put the parts inside the heater and the bullets in a bin, but never told anyone what was going on because he was freaking out. The school have implied there’s more, but that they can’t say what it is due to privacy laws, but that they wouldn’t expel a pupil for what the mother claimed happened
This fucked up
I mean, have you seen his skin colour? Just asking for trouble.
/s
He was expelled for not turning the other kid in and trying to protect him
A year though? Kid gonna start to make fuck you money and what not
Protest this! He did everything correctly you could possibly do. Mock this school district and make this news as public as possible .
Because he didn’t snitch on the person who brought it. Kids Based AF. Give that kid a medal!
Don’t try to prevent shootings, it’s the culture they have.
Thay really just want you to die dont thay
This kid is kicked out of school but if a white woman screamed the N-word at him on camera she’d earn enough to buy another house!
Black kid saves the day, gets expelled. Typical America.
This literally screams “wtf dude you stopped our plan”
according to his mother.And the schools version of the story is?
oh no, did he take away a whit republican’s kid’s toy?
but… why? the school must have provided an explanation for this bullshit. who in his right mind would punish him?
When you are literally TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL
Only one simple thing to blame… Tylenol.
Sounds like we’re missing a huge part of the story, to be honest …
Everything else aside, coming from a country with gun control, it is scary and sad that an 11 year old knows how to disassemble a firearm. It’s also very lucky he knew.