Two Long Island high school students were suspended indefinitely for bringing a Confederate flag to school to the shock of classmates and faculty members. According to the principal, Brother Gary Cregan, the students walked in with a large Confederate flag draped on their shoulders and were sent home immediately.
Cregan said it was “shocking,” and couldn’t imagine any context in which the Confederate flag could not be seen as a “symbol of hate.” Parents in the community were shocked, with one