Further, Faber told the media outlet that an Army staff sergeant was barred from speaking on Carlin’s behalf during a school board meeting.
Holdheide then took to Facebook to publish her prepared remarks.
“I fought for this great country, and I fought for this young man to exercise his First Amendment right. I have buried friends and comrades and survived the horrors of war only to come home and find such a disrespectful action taken by this school system in my hometown,” she wrote.
School board president Carl Huber told WTOL that he could not discuss student disciplinary actions with a parent or guardian’s permission and said in a statement published by the news outlet that he had informed Holdheide that the “board is not allowed to publicly discuss this matter,” when she was interrupted.
On Wednesday, the leader of Veterans Forever Inc. announced the group had created shirts to support Carlin, according to WHIOTV7.
“I just wanted this poor innocent kid to understand that his beliefs was correct that you should always stick up for a veteran and it’s a sad situation that Tyler’s now in trouble for trying to do the right thing for a veteran,” Craig Obringer, a spokesman for the group, told the media outlet.
The outlet reported that proceeds would go into a fund that provides flags and flag poles for veterans.
Go bless this kid & our veterans for defending him!