Plainfield High School football team poses on armored vehicle with tear gas launchers (Photo)

Why is this high school football team from Plainfield, Indiana posing on an armored police vehicle while some of them brandish tear gas guns and beanbag launchers?

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I don’t know.

But some folks objected to the sight of high school football players piled on top of a military-looking vehicle waving around big gun-like doo-dads, for safety reasons if nothing else, and now some folks are in trouble.

The Hendricks County school district announced discipline for the people responsible and released a statement (via the Indy Star):

"“We take very seriously the district’s policy regarding any weapon on school property. Our office was not made aware of this photo op ahead of time, nor had we approved it,” Plainfield Community Schools Superintendent Scott Olinger said in a statement. “We highly respect the State Police and the work they do. However, since this was an event that involved crowd control devices, it needed to be vetted by our staff through our offices. As a result, the district is clarifying its policy to all staff regarding prior approval for any activity on school property.”"

The photo was taken while Indiana State Police were on the school grounds as part of an outreach program. It’s not like the football team hijacked an armored vehicle, stole some tear-gas guns and decided to do a photo shoot. There were adults in the area at the time.

But apparently the adults in the area should have been more careful about letting the football team climb around on vehicles while holding potentially dangerous weapons. The school district says they will discipline the unnamed people who allowed the picture to happen and will not let the picture be used in any school displays.

Bummer. Cause it’s an awesome shot.

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