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School administrators announced on Wednesday that students who appeared to be doing a Nazi salute on a viral photo would not risk being punished.
According to Madison.com, Baraboo District School Administrator Lori Mueller wrote a letter to parents on November 21st stating that part of the Wisconsin Student Ball photo survey was over. She said the students in the photo would not be punished, their actions being protected by the First Amendment.
"As stated before, we can not know the intentions in the hearts of those who have been involved," Mueller wrote in his letter. "In addition, due to student rights to the first amendment, the district is not able to punish students for their actions."
In November, a photo of a group of male students from the Baraboo School District, who appeared to be heading for the prom, went around the virus. Many teenagers had their right arms stretched upward, in what was interpreted as a Nazi salute.
The photo is even taken from the condemnation of the official Twitter account of the Auschwitz Memorial, according to which the incident is an example of "rise of a hateful ideology".
After the photo became famous, the school district announced that it was conducting an investigation into the events that preceded it.
According to Madison.com, the investigation concluded that the photo had been taken in May 2018 before the prom, outside the Sauk County Courthouse, and had been taken by the parent of one of the students. These are a mix of past and current students from Baraboo High School, Madison.com explained.
Mueller said the school plans to hold meetings to address hatred with students and the community.
"We need to come together and, in a meaningful way, look at the hateful transvestites of the past and embrace the celebration of diversity nurtured by love and acceptance," read Mueller's letter.
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