After a backlash on social media, Derby High School in Kansas said that a teacher had acted in error when they confiscated a Trump flag from a student at a football game.

The Kansas high school had declared Friday’s game to be military themed; students came to watch the match all dressed up in red, white, and blue outfits. Many decided they would also express their support for President Trump, and had brought MAGA gear and painting “Trump 2020” on themselves.

One student brought a Trump 2020 flag, which seemed to irk Derby High School Assistant Principal Alison Strecker, who took the flag from the student, and began ranting about the President.

Lt Kevin Miller of the Kansas National Guard was present at the game and witnessed the incident unfold:

A video of the tussle was released onto social media, with many decrying the actions of Strecker as an attack on the First Amendment rights of the student involved. The Supreme Court was on the side of the student: Tinker vs. Des Moines (1969) clearly states that “students [do] not lose their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech when they [step] onto school property.” The case was ruled 7-2 in favour, after school officials sent students home for wearing black armbands in protest against the Vietnam War.

After the backlash had hit, Andy Koenigs, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at the school said that the administration had “investigated the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident,” and decided the student had done nothing wrong: