Sure, perhaps not the smartest move given the Virginia Tech shooting happened just recently, but did the kid really do anything wrong? A high school student decided to use a map editor in a game to recreate his high school so his friends could play on the map. Now, obviously you can say, "Oh, he made that as training for a real attack," but maybe him and his friends just wanted to shoot each other in familiar and neat place. Is that a crime?

From the article:

A Chinese student was removed from Clements High School in Fort Bend, Texas after parents complained he had re-created the school grounds in a game and uploaded the map for his friends to play. The boy was placed in the district's alternate education school and later arrested, as the police considered him a "terroristic threat". The Chinese community and the boy's mother have rallied behind him, saying the school has acted too harshly in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings. No charges were filed, though the boy won't be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies.

Read the full article over at joystiq.com