Judge blocks student suspension over note about ‘rapist’

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a three-day suspension imposed on a high school student for posting comments about a “rapist” on a bathroom mirror, saying her comments were constitutionally protected free speech.
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker granted the 15-year-old student’s request for a temporary restraining order on Thursday.
Aela Mansmann acknowledged posting the sticky note that proclaimed, “There’s a rapist in our school and you kn