adrian bruce a high school student and football player who was expelled for the rest of the school year for holding up three fingers posing for a photo. three is the number on his jersey but he was accused of holding up a gang sign. david terrella is arn attorney, who focuses on child advocacy, and thank you all of fur being here. so dan, what is going on here? dan, we had zero tolerance with drugs and weapons in schools, and now it seems to have morphed into something that covers invitations of rules much. >> i think that you hit the nail on the head. we're suspending kids out of school for all sorts of minor infractions on the school code. for violating the dress code or for suspending fruit kids, kids who are disrupt tev otive or de. and in the past, they would go to the principle's office, and it's not the way it has always been. in the early 70s, 1.5 million kids were suspended out of school, and now 3 million kids are suspended out of school. that's enough to fill every major league football stadium and baseball stadium in the country. it's a policy that used to be just for kids w