Sunday, Frankie Young, a Jefferson High School student, still had that Blue Lives Matter flag on his truck, a flag that he said got him into trouble with school officials.

"To me," said Young, "it's to support police that put their lives in danger every day."

Young said the controversy started two weeks ago when his principal at Jefferson asked him to take the flag off his truck. Young said he refused, choosing to keep flying it.

He said someone took matters into their own hands, last week.

"Someone ripped it off the back of my truck and put it in a trash can," said Young. "I went to go tell him (the principal). He said he would do something about it and never did."

Young said that's when a number of fellow students became frustrated and decided to show support by bringing their own flags to the school.

Young told TV9 the principal suspended him for a day, shortly after.

"He told me I am suspended because I wouldn't take it down," said Young.

Rumors on social media claim Young and other students were walking down the halls shouting racial slurs, suggesting that was the reason for his expulsion. Young denied the claim.

The high school student's situation grabbed the attention of a handful of First Amendment supporters in the area. Sunday morning, the group stood in front of Jefferson to protest Young's suspension.

"What kind of country are we going to where our youth is being silenced," said the rally's organizer, Brandon Berry.

Berry said he knows the Young family and doesn't believe the racism allegations. He said the group also felt unsatisfied with the district's recent response to the incident.

Cedar Rapids schools wrote that response on Facebook, Saturday afternoon, following the circulation of a viral post online claiming the flag was the reason for Young's suspension. The district called the allegations "inaccurate and incomplete."

"No student has been suspended or disciplined for flying an American flag and or a Blue Lives Matter flag," read the district post.

It went on to say students have been allowed to fly those types of flags several times in the past.

"While CRCSD is bound by state and federal confidentiality laws regarding students, and which prevent us from providing context, we can say the following," the post read, "this incident is part of a much broader situation involving behaviors against school and district policy and which disrupt student learning."

Young said he's planning to leave Jefferson entirely and attending class in the Mount Vernon school district.

"I wish they would have just told people why they suspended me instead of saying different reasons," said Young.

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A post going around on Facebook has some in the community outraged, but the Cedar Rapids school district calls it inaccurate.

The post claims that a student got suspended from Jefferson High School for flying an American flag and a Blue Lives Matter flag.

"The owner of the blue truck in the picture," read the post, "got suspended today from Jefferson high school for flying an American flag and a police flag on his truck..."

In 24 hours, the post had been shared more than 200 times and received a lot of comments. Many were upset over the reason for the alleged suspension.

Cedar Rapids schools responded with its own statement, Saturday afternoon. On its Facebook page, it called the allegations "inaccurate and incomplete."

"No student has been suspended or disciplined for flying an American flag and or a Blue Lives Matter flag," the district's post said.

It also said students have been allowed to fly American flags and Blue Lives Matter flags several times since August 23.

The district's response finished by saying the "incident" is part of a much broader situation involving behaviors against school and district policy and which disrupt student learning.

The district said confidentiality laws prohibit the school from giving out much more information.

Despite the statement, a group is still planning a protest outside Jefferson High School tomorrow at 9 a.m. The protest organizer says he knows the parents of the student and believes the suspension was wrong.