sickofscouts
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My 12 year old son has been kicked out of his Boy Scout Troop after an incident at summer camp with a kid who has bullied and intimidated him for over a year. My son is a special needs child. The boys/leaders at camp were telling him what he was allowed to eat while at camp, at every meal they were constantly telling him what he could and couldn't eat. On the way back to camp from dinner one evening, another child shook the rain off of his poncho and the poncho smacked my son in the face (accidentally), which aggravated my son even more after being told again that he wasn't allowed to eat what he wanted at dinner. My son walked into the woods with his camp buddy to collect fire wood and to cool down. The boy who has bullied my son, approached him, grabbed his arm and removed a stick from my son's hand. My son backed away, pulled his knife from his pocket (closed blade) and stated "I have a knife". The other boy pulled out his knife, opened the blade and stated "Yea, I have one too". My son walked away and back towards camp, where the Troop Master took his knife away and called me to come take him home from summer camp. My son was subsequently kicked out of the troop and the other boy is still a member. The leaders have stated (at a meeting where they informed us that they were kicking my son out) that "he takes more of our time than the other boys", and "he should go to a special needs troop". Is this a case of discrimination?