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Ga. Supreme Court to weigh whether 1st amendment protects Hall students 'Columbine' threat
Lanier Charter Career Academy student accused of making threat on Facebook in 2014
Devon-Major
Devon Major
A former Lanier Charter Career Academy student accused of threatening to get “the chopper out and make Columbine look childish” will take his case to the Georgia Supreme Court as a First Amendment issue. Devon Major was charged with posting that on Facebook in September 2014. A chopper is a slang term for a gun, and the 1999 Columbine shootings killed 13 people in Littleton, Colo.