Proof that the political correctness brigade is living in a fantasy world: a high school student in South Carolina writes about shooting his neighbor’s pet dinosaur in a short story, and his teachers think that this was serious enough to call the police.

Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:

Student Threatens ‘Neighbor’s Dinosaur’ in Creative Writing Assignment; Cops are Called

Alex Stone, a sixteen year-old at Summerville High School in the South Carolina town of the same name, was charged by police with disorderly conduct following what he had written for a creative writing assignment.

What, exactly, did Alex write? “I killed my neighbor’s pet dinosaur, and, then, in the next status I said I bought the gun to take care of the business,” he said.

WWBT-TV12 in Richmond, Virginia reports:

Attorney David Aylor, who is representing 16-year-old Alex Stone, said his client’s arrest over a creative writing assignment on Tuesday was “completely absurd,” and is seeking to appeal the suspension and “proceed with the legal issues of [Stone’s] arrest.”

“This is a perfect example of ‘political correctness’ that has exceeded the boundaries of common sense,” Aylor said in a statement released on Thursday. “Students were asked to write about themselves and a creative Facebook status update – just days into the new school year – and my client was arrested and suspended after a school assignment.”

The police dispute Stone’s/Aylor’s version of events … sort of:

“The information that is being reported is grossly incorrect in reference to what led to the juvenile being charged,” said Capt. Jon Rogers in a Summerville police statement released on Thursday.”The charges do not stem from anything involving a dinosaur or writing assignment, but the student’s conduct.”

Authorities add that the “disorderly” part of Stone’s conduct came when he was questioned, and his locker and bookbag searched: he became “very irate,” “said it (his writing) was a joke,” and “continued to be disruptive.” He was eventually cuffed.