Originally Posted by LiLRexen
The kid said it's an "effigy", but why would you go to the possible suspect and ask him to make a ruling on the situation. It's like going to a thief and taking his word that he was just there to do some organizing. Obviously, the drawings alarmed an instructor and the FBI. If the kid wants to play political games, he needs to follow the rules and not cry "foul play" when he breaks the law.
Effigy is a real word in the dictionary, you don't need to keep putting it in quotes like it's some made up term. It's a graphical representation of someone else. A doll, poster, dummy, etcetera. So because the school misinterpreted the drawing and he explained it after the fact, he is equivalent to a criminal lying to cover his tracks? What's to say that wasn't his intent all along and he really was just misinterpreted?
He certainly didn't break the law. There's nothing on the books against political satire, and that's all he did.