The West Virginia eighth-grader who was suspended and arrested in late April after he refused to remove a t-shirt supporting the National Rifle Association appeared in court this week and was formally charged with obstructing an officer.

As CBS affiliate WTRF reports, 14-year-old Jared Marcum now faces a $500 fine and a maximum of one year in prison.

The boy’s father, Allen Lardieri, is not pleased.

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Taking pictures = possible terrorist threat. Here we have an FBI agent bothering a photographer at his home with questions on his motivations for taking pictures.

“So you can tell me honestly that you have nothing against the United States?”
“I’ve got a lot of stuff against the United States. Are you trying to tell me you don’t?”

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