CHICAGO (CBS) – A mother is furious after her son’s school denies his right to sit during the Pledge of Allegiance.

Kelly Porter is the mother of 15-year-old Shemar Cooper, who is a sophomore at Eisenhower High School. Cooper chose to sit last Friday during the pledge. His Spanish teacher, Ms. Alfono, approached Cooper about it and his response was ‘America sucks,’ WBBM’s Mike Krauser reports.