status update that got a student expelled from school

A teen accused of threatening to kill his teacher on Facebook ran into big trouble recently, the student who is a male senior at Edge wood Junior/Senior High School in Merritt Island made threats to kill his English teacher on the popular Facebook status update for the social media website. Jeremiah Hernandez says he did it in self defense.
Friends of the student believe he made the Facebook status update in jest, not as a threat, Kathy Bowen the English teacher said she was worried about her safety based on the status update