MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school bus driver has been suspended for refusing to remove a Confederate flag from his personal vehicle.
The Mail Tribune reports that 28-year-old Ken Webber of Medford said he’s worked four years for First Student School Bus Transportation Services, a contractor for the Phoenix-Talent School District in the Medford area.
Webber said he began displaying the Confederate flag in the bed of his pickup truck a year and a half ago after his father gave it to him for a birthday gift.
A spokeswoman for the school bus company said Webber was asked to remove the flag because it violates school district policy.
